Be Still My Heart
Sam turned 13 this year. THIRTEEN! It's not often that I get overly sentimental or emotional... but something happened to me the day he turned 13. It wasn't the feeling of loss that I so often hear from other moms... it wasn't the sadness I hear from others thinking of all the days gone by... it wasn't a longing for his baby belly, or his toddler toes, or his little boy laugh.... though all of those things bring an enormous smile to my face. This time... for me... with Sam... it was this awareness... The awareness of this kid that I swear was born with a heart 3 times the normal size... a kid who knew when he was 15 months old exactly how to be kind and how to care and how to feel for another human being... This kid who never went through an age or a stage when we said, "Well, he doesn't realize there is a world beyond him... he'll grow out of that..." Because Sam was born with empathy that far exceeds most every adult I know. He was bor...