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October 10, 2007

Geesh! I feel like I am on the fastest roller coaster in the world. I thought it would slow down, that I would get used to him growing up, and that it would become the norm. That's not happening. Instead, I keep being blindsided.

There was a time when I would walk past the Abercrombie & Fitch store in the mall and inhale deeply. "I love that smell! I can't wait until you smell like that," I would tease my son.

"I hate that store. It's stupid. Nobody I know dresses like that," he would say with much conviction.

Today he recieved a birthday present from his godmother and great aunt. He ripped off the race car wrapping paper and flipped the top off the box. A familiar scent rose through the air. "Abercrombie! Cool!" he exclaimed, hoisting two brightly colored T-shirts from the box.

WHAT HAPPENED?!?! Where was I when this change took place?

It's little things like this that keep happening all the time – little things that are changing him slightly every single day. And just when I am worrying that I won't recognize him the next time I see him, he throws his arms around me and squeezes me with the strength of a man. It's then that I know he may change on the outside, but inside is the same heart that beat inside of me for 9 months. It might not seem like much, but today, as I sit here smelling the tissue paper from the birthday box, it's everything.

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