Willa’s Wonderings

My little boy is all grown up.. At the risk of sounding cliche’- it does feel that he was born yesterday and yet he’s driving, working and moving towards independence a little more each day. Things I remember about the day he was born:

-There was a HUGE snowstorm

-Adam made some weird snorkling sounds when he first came  out, prompting me to think he had a some sort of nasal deformity

-Grandma Pansy was a little too eager with the Camera

-My Doctor declared Adam to be “enormous” – f air enough, he was 10 pounds 13 ounces..

-Adam’s Dad looked like he’d been struck by lightening, a look that did not wear off until about a month after he was born

-I was secretly worried that i had NO IDEA what to do with a baby..

18 years  later, we celebrated Adam’s coming of Age with a Surprise Party which Nikki and I managed to organize despite the fact that we were both sick.  We rounded up friends, decorated the house and had Mike keep Adam away until everyone was assembled.   He was totally surprised but very happy.  After Pizza and cake, we took to gang to see Adam’s favorite Movie, “The Big Lebowski” which happened to be playing at the Weinberg Center.  Adam had told me that this movie “changed his life” and I was eager to see it.   Now I am afraid to ask which part of the movie changed Adam’s life since the whole  Masterpiece revolves around a middle aged white man who spends all day in his bathrobe, buzzed and drinking White Russians..  There are definitely some memorable characters and it was pretty funny but as far as I can tell, my life has not been changed:)

Adam is 18 but the really good news is that he’s not yet realized that he doesn’t have to ask me for permission to do things anymore… I am waiting to see how long this will last.