What if I told you that I know the most beautiful boy on this earth?
Would you believe me?
What if I told you I was lucky enough to squeeze him tight, several times, a boy full of long limbs and oceanic eyes and a mind that moved as fast as his mouth.
What if I told you he gave the hardest, most trusting hugs, and he lets out the silliest of giggles.
He sees the world through a lens I do not, and it is more beautiful, less complicated...
Darling Boy, He is a blur of motion, always moving, always playing and roughing it out, as boys do...
Moving too fast for me to capture correctly on film or in my mind,
Growing at a rate I can't comprehend. Turning another year older faster than I blink.
Beautiful Boy, Growing and learning and becoming more of him and less of anyone else.
Exactly the way I would have it.
Reading and writing and seeing more colors in every shade.
Protecting and giving and of course, arguing in that way that little boys do.
Picking up dirt and sand and foam swords and video games and all things blue.
Beautiful boy, becoming a man, one day at a time. Becoming someone I am proud of, each and every day, through all accomplishments and all set backs. It is still surreal to me, that I know him and that he loves me right back. The fiercest of hugs prove it. The locked fingers around your neck kind of hugs that you want to last forever but they never do, because boys will be boys and those hugs are icky.
Darling Boy, discovering a world we take for granted, discovering life and all it has to offer. Seeing and learning and accepting and growing and becoming more beautiful through it all. Darling boy, don't you ever change, because who you are now is someone I absolutely love. Grow more, learn more, seek more, BE more, be mine always.
XOXO
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