Continuing on with yesterday's theme...

Today was the birthday celebration for William in his class.

Part of this celebration is affirmations for the birthday kid. The class sits in a circle & everyone says something nice about the child. Kids talked about the usual; William is funny, or nice, or a good friend. The comments were nothing special individually, but together they painted the picture of a pretty great kid.

We have done this 11 times now and so you would think it would be pretty simple. But this time, I couldn't help myself. I started to cry. The comments didn't make me cry...looking at William and seeing a young man that I get to watch grow up....THAT made me cry.

I have said any number of times that I am so glad that I get to watch my kids grow up. This was one of the first examples of "the rest of my life."

I was thinking about how many times I will get to do this, how many birthdays I'll get to see and how many things I will get to hear as affirmations for my kids.

Those EMTs really did a great thing saving my life. They made it possible for me to be at the celebration today. They made it possible for me to think about the future, because they GAVE me a future.

Thank you Forsyth County EMTs....thanks SOOOO much for giving me that future to look forward to.

Good night & God bless.