Nineteen
Greyhawk
Eighteen - what a great age to be - Alice Cooper even wrote a song about it. And 20 - another milestone year! Then 21, what more needs said about 21?
Which of course leaves 19, that odd year in the midst of all those others. Waay to old for all the birthday sorts of things for kids, waaay to young for the full on adult dread of the passing of another year, nineteen is still a great age to be.
Unless it's your son - there is no way my kid could possibly be that old is there? I'm only a few years older than that myself. But wait, I'm so old I know who Alice Cooper is...
Ahh well, just kidding, I've gotten used to all that. But some years ago I once mentioned to my mom that 30 sure seemed old to me, this being said on the occasion of my 30th birthday. "Thirty's not old..." she assured me, "unless it's your kid."
So the bottom line, son, is I'm okay with the big college tuition checks and such, but please, think about what this aging thing is doing to mom and grandma...
Aww forget it. You're 19. The world is yours. Happy Birthday from the guy who put the 'dad' in Baghdad.
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Yes. I remember when I could hold your tiny body in my arms and comfort you when you'd cry.
Now it seems you hold my tiny body and comfort me while daddy's gone

Happy birthday, my not so little baby.
Mrs.G
Posted by Greyhawk at 08:40 PM |
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Man, I love you guys.
My little boy will be 14 months old next week. I'll turn 30 in a few months. And I distinctly remember 19 as the first year where "nothing happened" because I had a birthday.
Not only do you guys pass through the same milestones people like me do, you also risk it all to make sure people like me can get all worked up about little things like which cake to make and whether those are grey hairs in the hairbrush and whether the baby will ever learn to quit splashing in the toilet bowl. Thank you so much.
And happy 19th birthday, Tall Greyhawk Son.
Posted by slarrow at December 6, 2004 10:30 PM
I'd recognize those smiley faces anywhere! Happy birthday Biff! We love you!
Posted by bigsisevengreyerhawk at December 7, 2004 04:01 AM
Love that little boy blue getup. Are those "My Favorite Martian" antennae or bunny ears?
Posted by ThomasAgee at December 7, 2004 05:42 AM
Hey Grayhawks'son - my grandson - Have a Happy
Birthday - will be glad to see you soon
in Indy. Love Grandpa K
Posted by Larry Grandpa at December 8, 2004 11:25 PM
Grandpa,
love you, dad
Posted by Mrs Greyhawk at December 8, 2004 11:31 PM
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