Thursday, May 20, 2010

proof that time is elastic

Current work: medical continuity
Listening to: Colin Blunstone
Reading: next on TBR

Thirteen years ago this evening, Son came into the world. It doesn’t seem five minutes ago that he was a toddler. (He was a year old, here.)


Now, he’s taller than I am, has a deep voice and could probably pass for sixteen (not to mention the fact that his blond curls are now a dark crop, and his once very blue eyes are now a stunning greeny-grey)… but today he becomes a teenager.
He’s good company, he’s bright and a bit quirky, and he’s brought us a lot of joy in those thirteen years.

Happy teenage birthday to son.

18 comments:

Scarlet Wilson said...

Happy Birthday to your handsome son. Strikes fear in my heart at they very thought of it, I have a nine year old and a five year old - just hope they still love me as much at age 13 as they do now. As for girls - Kate let's just not go there!

Jan Jones said...

Happy birthday, teenage son!

Yes, time is Very Weird Indeed.

Kate Hardy said...

Susan - thanks, and they will. Trust me :) As for girls... my 9yo is going on 19 anyway!

Kate Hardy said...

Jan - thanks.

Funny how it vanishes when you're not looking for it, and then drags when you're waiting. (And as for deadlines... now they're plain scary. They move at light speed!)

Nell Dixon said...

Happy Birthday to your son! It's so cute that he shares his birthday with my youngest dd. Time seems to have shot past far too quickly.

Caroline said...

Happy birthday DS. Caroline x

Diane said...

Doesn't he look like Gerry? Moreso in the top pic. :oD

Happy Birthday to Chris.

Michela said...

Happy birthday to your son, Kate! Hope you’ll spend a wonderful day together. So true… teenage years fly away with a lightning speed.
It seems yesterday I was 19 and now already 25!
But for my mother I’m always the same, never changed since I was just one. :)
I trust her. So glad to know that Byron is home safely with you.
Take care,
M x

Anonymous said...

But how can this be possible when you are only 29? Ah- child bride.
Happy, happy birthday.
Hope you ALL have a lovely day :-)

Lacey Devlin said...

Happy birthday to your son!

Unknown said...

Happy Birthday, teenager!

Love the photos, especially the first one. So cherubic. Love the glasses too. :o)

Hope you all had a wonderful celebration!

Kate Hardy said...

Nell - thanks, and absolutely!

Kate Hardy said...

Caroline - thanks, he had a great time :)

Kate Hardy said...

Diane - and he sounds even more like him. ;o)

Thanks.

Kate Hardy said...

Michela - thanks. And your mum is absolutely right! :o)

Kate Hardy said...

Nina - LOL! And we did. (Dinner out on Thursday. AND on Saturday...)

Kate Hardy said...

Lacey - thanks :)

Kate Hardy said...

Shirley - thanks. I have a lot of cute pics from his baby days (and from Chloe's - I'm currently putting together her 'now you are 10' album, which is enormous fun - and she was even cuter in her glasses!)

We had a wonderful time, thanks.