Boys

The other day I was doing some shopping at Wal-mart, and there was another family that I can only assume was a grandma, a mother, and a boy they were getting ready for college. I pushed my cart behind this lanky boy that, at about 6'4", towered over his mom and grandma and couldn't help but think that, with a 6'2" husband, that will probably be me one day, with 2 boys towering over me. I can't even think about the day we'll be buying stuff for their dorms without getting a catch in my throat. I'd bet this mother, whose son now bested her by a good eight inches, feels like her boy was just toddling behind her not too long ago.

But for now, mine are still these little guys that clamor to hold my hands and have to crane their necks to look up at me. And here was my littlest this afternoon, all boy, enjoying his afternoon nap clutching his lizard.