High School

I pull my mask up high to absorb the tears streaming down my cheeks.  Elias & I attended orientation at his new high school. I am sitting next to him, not listening, rather just feeling. 

I wanted to wrap both of my arms around him and tell him how amazing his is- all the beauty he brings to my life, and the world.  How much I love him. 

 

Yet, rather than embarrass him, I refrain.

 

My mask gathers the tears.  That little boy.  That sweet boy that put on his superman cape and climbed the ladder to our roof.  That boy that loves to fish and snuggle with his cat while listening to a good book. My baby.  He is now in high school. 

Photo credit:  David J Ruck