“12 YEARS AGO TODAY”

12 YEARS AGO ON THIS VERY DAY, 

OUR HEART WAS POUNDING, NOT KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT, SO ONTO THE LORDS HANDS WE DID BRACE,

ASKING FOR YOUR HEALTHY ARRIVAL AND THE CHANCE TO HOLD YOU, WELCOME YOU, AND EMBRACE,

AS I LAY SLUMPED DOWN IN THE CHAIR NEXT TO YOUR MOTHER WE BOTH ANXIOUSLY DID AWAIT,

THE SECOND COMING WAS BORN THIS MORNING THOUGH A BIT UNDER WEIGHT, 

JUBILATION THE MOMENT THAT YOU ACTUALLY CAME OUT FOR US TO SEE YOUR FACE, 

AN AMAZING FEELING ONCE YOU WERE BORN, 

ALL THESE MONTHS I HAD BEEN BAD, SON DADDY WAS SO TORN, 

I WASN’T READY FOR YOU TO COME TO BE, 

LITTLE DID I KNOW WHAT THE LORD HAD IN STORE FOR ME, 

THE PAIN THAT I HAD YOU SINGLE HANDEDLY DID DEFEAT, 

SON YOU ARE THE REASON I AM SO COMPLETE, 

I AM THANKFUL FOR YOUR LIFE YOUR MOTHER DECIDED TO KEEP, 

I AM GRATEFUL FOR A FATHER I AM NOW AND HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY,

THE GREATEST FATHER TO YOU IS WHAT I PROTESTED I WOULD BE, 

SO PROUD TO NAME YOU AFTER ME,

I COULDN’T UNDERSTAND THE TRANSFORMATION THAT WAS OCCURRING INTERNAL AND EXTERNALLY, 

WATCHING YOU DEVELOP INTO YOUR OWN EVER SO PROUDLY, 

WONDERING WHAT THE FUTURE FOR YOU HOLDS I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO SEE!!!

I HOIST YOU UP  SO HIGH IN THE AIR, 

 I DON’T HAVE MUCH, BUT TO IT ALL SON YOU ARE THE HEIR, 

YOU ARE OUR AIR, 

YOU THRILL US THOUGH AT FIRST YOU BROUGHT US WORRIES AND DID SCARE, 

SO BLESSED 12 YEARS LATER THAT YOU ARE STILL HERE, 

I REMEMBER YOU FLIPPING OVER, I REMEMBER YOU CRAWLING, THEN CLIMBING UP STAIRS, 

I COULDN’T IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT YOU  – MOMMY ALWAYS KEPT YOU NEAR, 

GRANDMA ALWAYS HELD YOU CLOSE AND FOR YOU SHE ALWAYS SAID A PRAYER, 

OUR LIVES WE OWE TO YOU, TO YOU WE ARE ALWAYS ENDEARED, 

OVER THE COURSE OF TIME I CHANGED MY CAREER, 

STRUGGLING THROUGH LIFE, BUT ALWAYS WANTING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE BEST THINGS  – TO FAIL YOU I DID FEAR, 

SOMETIMES I WAS SO ASHAMED I FELT I HAD TO DISAPPEAR, 

SON I NEED YOU TO KNOW YOU ARE THE STRENGTH IN LOVE THAT I DIDN’T EVER WANT TO LOSE  – JUST SO WE’RE CLEAR, 

12 YEARS AGO TODAY AT LIFE I WAS OFFERED A BRAND NEW START, 

MY SON YOU ARE SO BRIGHT, YOU ARE SO TALENTED, AND SO VERY VERY SMART, 

FUNNY, QUITE TALKATIVE, BUT YOU ALWAYS SPEAK STRAIGHT FROM YOUR HEART, 

YOU’RE FAIR, KIND, AND NEVER LOOK TO TEAR A PERSON APART,

I KNOW MOMMY WOULD SAY YOU GOT ALL THAT FROM HER SOME OF IT IS TRUE IMPART,

SON 12 YEARS AGO TODAY MY COURSE OF LIFE CHANGED AND YOU MAPPED OUT THE NEW COURSE WITH COLORFUL ART, 

THE YEARS HAVE GONE BY VERY QUICKLY AND VERY FAST, 

I HOPE THAT I HAVE MADE MEMORIES FOR YOU THAT ARE POSITIVE AND WILL LAST AND LAST, 

I KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, BUT I HOPE TO ALWAYS BE THERE, 

AND IF I AM NOT SON KNOW THAT SOMETIMES LIFE JUST ISN’T GONNA BE FAIR, 

I KNOW SOMETIMES I TALKED OFF YOUR EAR, 

I KNOW THERE ARE TIMES YOU DON’T LIKE WHAT I SAY, YOU DON’T LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR, 

SON THE FUNNY THING IS WHEN YOUR TURN COMES TO HAVE KIDS – NO TIME SOON LIKE IN MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, 

YOU’LL BE TEACHING YOUR KIDS THE SAME THINGS, SAYING THE SAME THINGS, AND YOU’LL KNOW IT WAS BECAUSE ABOVE ALL I LOVED YOU AND ALWAYS CARED, 

12 YEARS AGO TODAY, 

THE BIRTH OF OUR SON TOOK PLACE, 

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU SON, I TOAST TO YOU – MILK OF COURSE SERVED WITH YOUR FAVORITE CAKE, 

ALL HAIL THE PRINCE, THE SECOND COMING, 

YOU SON HAVE GIVEN US REASON TO CELEBRATE!

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