Son's Birthday

Yesterday was my son's birthday , he turned 16. It was a special day for me and Peggy. We adopted him at birth, she called me at work, I was working at Lincoln High School it was Tuesday afternoon when I got her call. I met her down at Parkland in the maternity ward and there he was 9lb 9oz, 20'' long, we brought him home 3 days later.  I can't remember if I called my mom that night or at a later date. I can't remember when she called her folks, I know that her dad was there the following weekend, that little boy gave him a new reason to live.

I had not told anyone what was going on as I didn't want things falling through and for it not to happen. We got a call from one of Peggy's friend's several months earlier, Peggy was at a dental convention in San Antonio or Austin I think. The message was that her friend had a person who cleaned her house that had a younger sister that was pregnant and already had 2 kids, was not married or had a job and did not think that she would be able to give the care needed to raise another child. Now I shall say at this time that it has to be the ultimate sacrifice to give up a child, she was a very selfless person, and I can only say thank you and God Bless. I was still leary about the whole thing as nothing had been signed through the courts, which happened 6 months down the road, when that happened then all was good, nobody was going to be able to come back and say a mistake had been made.

Some folks will say that me and Peggy sacrificed to adopt, well that very well may be but it will never be the sacrifice that the birth mom made.

Game Day

Well I shall try not to ramble much. The teams have been set for the Superbowl, Green Bay and Pittsburgh, although I don't care for either one of them it is here in Dallas showcasing Cowboys Stadium (aka Jerry's World). this should really be interesting around here for the next couple of weeks. I just hope the weather holds out and we don't get any ice. Party On.

Another good thing about the game is that there are good grocery coupons, and it will be time to stock up on a few things.

Well one more thing, today is my son's birthday, he is 16, it is a scary age for me. He is a good kid, he loves to hunt and fish and play his PS3. He has a small 12' aluminium v-bottom jon boat with a 10hp motor on it.