Boys Grow Up Too?!

"Sometimes when I need a miracle, I look into my son's eyes and realize I've already created one."

I have been serving in the young women's program off and on for the last decade now, and I have two grown daughters of my own. It's interesting the change that girls experience between the age of 12 and 13. There is a definite transformation from child to young lady during that pivotal year. So I'm used to watching my girls become women. And I'm finally accepting it.

This is Spencer on his 14th birthday:

And this is him today:

Wait what? Boys grow up too?!! This momma just can't take it anymore. What with her children growing up and all. He's nearly as tall as his very tall sister and taller than his other sister. And yes, dare I say it...taller than his mother. Well, I guess that's not saying much. But still.

Apparently the big year for boys, at least the Watson boys, is from age 14 to 15. This deep voiced fella who's sleeping longer in the mornings and growing out of his clothes faster than it takes me to walk out to the mailbox and back, is just not my little boy anymore. If I look really closely, I can see a hint of that little boy with the fuzzy blond hair and the chubby cheeks, but it's a stretch.

Happy Birthday, Spencer! I am excited to watch as you go from boy to man. I have a feeling that the potential boiling within your soul is  ready to start spilling out, and I'm thrilled that I get a front row seat! That is the joy of being a mom. Having a front row seat to the greatest metamorphosis there is. That subtle and miraculous change as our children go from babies to toddlers to kids to teenagers to fully functioning and remarkable adults. Motherhood. There is no other work like it.