Son Days...

On the eve of Thanksgiving 2017, I have been reflecting upon the many blessings in our lives.  I am going to take a moment and share just a few thoughts from my heart today... Three of the biggest blessings in my life are my three boys that you hear me talk about all of the time...write about....and you know it, post pictures of! But without the two men that I am going to write about today, I wouldn't have these incredible gifts that call me mom... As you all know, this is Ronnie's first Thanksgiving without his father here on earth...surviving football season without Pop was tough, really tough.  Nathan looked forward to Pop being here to see him play his last football season of high school, but heartbreakingly, we had an empty seat at every single ballgame, and it was a painful reminder of his absence in our lives. We did not attend a single game where his absence was not notably present in our lives... Opening day of college football was difficult...when

The date, November 16, 2017, is rebelliously glaring at me from a distance on the calendar laughing at how rapidly time is marching on... The month of October?  Well, that would be...how much time do you have?  How much Kleenex is within reach and of course, how much chocolate is in the pantry...(or hidden in my closet?)  Did I say that?   I have some making up for lost time in the Sappy Senior Mama department, at least in the "penning it down" category...I certainly have not derailed from experiencing the emotions of Senior Breakfast, Senior Night of football, Nathan's last snap as as high school Pirate...nope, ALL of it and MORE, I have lived through, I have cried through and on the other side of it all, am still not going to write about it...yet.  One day.  Sigh. I sit down today to share with you all a little piece of my heart that will live on in the days and years to come for Nathan when he is away at college and even long after I am gone...  For Na