Although my son doesn't like me to make a lot of noise about his birthday, I just can't help myself....I've waited a whole day and decided I'm going to write about him and the day of his birth! 

His birthday this year is very significant.  You see, he turned 27 years old on May 27th!  I can remember that day like it WAS yesterday!  I went into labor 5 1/2 weeks early for no particular reason except Nicholas just decided it was time to break out of the womb.  I was a mom for the first time, living 6 1/2 hours from my mother and having moved into Pittsburgh, PA only five months before Nicholas' birth.  Basically, I knew only a few individuals we had met through the church and our Newcomer's Club.

I was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday, May 26th and the doctor waited for my body to go into labor since there were indications of my water beginning to "leak".....  After several hours it was determined I should get a good night's rest and the doctor would aid the labor process in the morning. 

On the morning of May 27, 1982 at 10:54 a.m. Nicholas Garbee White entered the world and our lives and we've never been the same.  It's pure beyond words when you hold that baby in your arms for the first time and look at his tiny features, counting all the fingers and toes to make sure everything is in place!

Twenty seven years later, I'm still in awe.  Nicholas is a handsome, intelligent man who loves the Lord.  He is a sixth grade teacher, youth leader at our church and avid sports fan and participant.  He has spent nearly his entire existence involved in sports and continues to play soccer, softball and deck hockey.  He's a wonderful man and reminds me often of his dad, another wonderful, intelligent man.

Thanks for reading, my friends.  A mom just has to tell her friends how great her kids are, right?

 

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