12 is a funny number to me....it just makes me think of alot of different things.....a dozen eggs....6 doubled....tribes in Egypt....months of the year....12:00 noon...24 halved.....midnight and so on and so on. However, June 1st this number changed for me....it is the age Chandler turned this year on his birthday. Now when I think of 12, I feel a happy/sad tug in my heart. 12 now is the 4380 days that I have been blessed to be a mom, the 105,120 hours I have loved someone beyond comprehension and the 6,307,200 minutes I have worried about this precious life we have been entrusted. Also, I recently realized that 2/3 of 18 (the age he will be when he leaves our home) is 12 which means that I only have 6 summers left with Chandler :(. Chandler turning 12 has been so much more of a milestone for me than I ever would have imagined. Having a mind that works like mine could be viewed by some/most as crazy (medication worthy)! However, in this instance I am happy that my brain works in such a manner. I feel like it has really heightened my awareness of being mindful to soak up each moment with him (the good and the challenging:) )...treasuring the moments and not taking them for granted.
What else do I think of when 12 comes to mind....the many, many amazing memories we have with him!
Birthday
June 1999
July 1999
August 1999
September 1999
October 1999
November 1999
December 1999
January 2000
February 2000
March 2000
April 2000
May 2000
June 2000
2 years old
3 years old
4 years old
5 years old
6 years old
7 years old
8 years old
9 years old
10 years old
11 years old
12 years old
Happy 12th Birthday Chandler!
