dual personalities

Yep. My youngest turned 18 this week, and for the first time, he wasn’t home to celebrate with his family. We did exchange brief emails and I did send a birthday package, but he was too busy to chat (really, I’m not complaining). How times have changed! I still think of him like this

or this

— yes, that’s right, with a weapon in hand.

Tim was always the one who brought out the Morticia Addams in me… I remember once pausing in mid-sentence during a phone conversation with my dual personality to admonish serenely, “put the ax down, darling”. Life with boys can be like that. But it wasn’t always about weapons. Tim played Linus in the school Christmas play (front row, second from left).

And even if his Linus was on the tough side, he was still sweet and he did a perfect job delivering Linus’s culminating Bible verse. My Tim is all grown up now and I’ve very proud of him, but I can’t help feeling a little nostalgic, too.

High School Graduation

Happy Birthday, Tim!