Kids. We make them from parts of ourselves, and yet, even as we might want to take the credit for how they turn out, there's only so much control we have beyond the usual fun stuff like discipline and modeling behavior. And even then... well, you know. It's these guys' jobs to make themselves into themselves, and ours is to let them. And what an amazement, what an honor to witness the evolution from helpless baby to original human person. At six, ours is showing himself to be awesome, smart, sweet, snuggly, creative, curious, dramatic, strong-willed, and delightfully weird.
There's more to say, there's always so much more, but I'm better expressing after the moment has passed. I just can't let this boy's 6th birthday go by without a public declaration of gratitude and infinite, indescribable, unquantifiable love. I intend to keep creating as long as I live, but I'll never make anything that comes close to him. Happy birthday, HR.
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