Today is wed June 20th. Sat June 23rd my son is getting married. It is a busy 2 1/2 days before the event. I was thinking back on all that has happened since Aug 22 1979. That is the day we brought him home from North Platte Ne. He weighted 4lbs 12 oz. I was afraid he would break but I couldn't put him down. Brian is adopted. I was so afraid we would never get him. Not knowing it was a him. I wanted a child so bad I cried myself to sleep for 3 yrs. I tried not to let it interfere with my daily life. In the end it was one of the reasons for the end of my marriage. But I could never even think of my life without Brian. The terrible 2's didn't prepare me for the horrendous teens. I can laugh now but at the time I was so worried. He was a very strong willed person in his own right. He had a temper that he used a few times. Even broke his hand hitting the wall because I told him he couldn't go out at 9pm on a school night. 16 has to be the beginning of the turnaround. He had football to help keep him from going too wrong. He was GOOD! When the couch from K State told him his school record was to bad to consider him for a scholarship, he cried, boy did he cry for almost 2 weeks. Then he started working hard at school. Getting up at 6:00 to be at school by 7:00 for extra classes. He took freshman and sophomore english at the same time in his junior year. Junior and senior english his senior year. He went to a community college to try to learn what he missed in high school. Then he met Jamie. I think he was smitten from the start. Christmas 98 and Valentines day 99 the romance was growing. Bryce is my Valentines day gift. He didn't get here until Nov 26th, but he will always be my Cupid grandson. He moved in with her and helped raise her 2yr old son as well as their newborn. He worked midnight to 8 so she could work evenings and they didn't have to spend 3/4 of the their money on babysitting. They bought a house after 2 yrs and moved in. He remodeled every room in the place. Just before Bryce's 6th birthday he asked her to marry him. The friday before Halloween. Her answer was " About Time!!!" At Bryce's birthday party they confirmed Caleb was on the way. He arrived July 17th surrounded by his 2 brothers Treston and Bryce. I now have a Halloween present. All 3 kids will be in the ceremony. I will have a GIANT sized box of tissues next to me at the church. I have one next to me now as I type this. When he was little some days I couldn't get 5cents a pound for him. Now I wouldn't take a Billion. I am so greatfull to his birth mother. I have sent updates to the agency thru the years. I will send a note about Caleb and the wedding. I know she gets them. I hope she is as happy as I am right now. I can never tell her how I feel. There are no words.
Deb
