TODAY IS JOHN'S BIRTHDAY

  Happy Birthday John ~ Your Mama Loves You

                    

When John was very small (he learned to read at 2 yrs old)  he knew all the answers.  At 4 yrs, he was reading encyclopedias.  When I was trying to explain to his sister about how people stayed in a theme park ride upside down, I said it had something to do with gravity and asked John to get the "G" book of the encyclopedia.  He came back with "C".  I said no - I wanted "G" for gravity and he said to me "No, Mom . . . it's "C" for centrifugal force.  See here."  He showed us what it was ~ we did an experiment with a bucket and water.  I was humbled.

All through his lower grades of school, he was really into science.  He said he wanted to be a scientist.  I was pleased.  His proficiency in science is part of what got him a scholarship for the exclusive Webb School.

In his freshman year at Webb, he had an English teacher who challenged the class to write  - I can't remember the assignment.  I will never forget the story he wrote.  I was so moved that I cried.  I don't have a copy of that story.  I do know however if I had a chance to read it today I would probably cry again.

The rest is history . . . .

I am very proud to be his mom.  And to think . . . I wanted him to be a scientist or at least an English teacher!  What the world would have missed. 

So stop on by his journal  By the Way in which he has already announced his 38th birthday . . .

                I Love you, Son.  Happy Birthday

                             Mom

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