William turned 16 last week.
We ordered Indian food and ate ice cream cake and sang a song in his honor.
The chorus (set to Taylor Swift’s Getaway Car) might very well sum it all up:
“(Soon) you’ll be driving in your very own car,
Learning stick shift, it won’t always be hard
Where you’re going next is a mystery
Who you are right now is who you’re meant to be…”
(Tap the right arrow on the post below to see a video of us singing to William!)
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I’m still reminiscing about the day he learned to walk and the way he couldn’t say “r” and the eagerness in his eyes when he first began to know the difference between an oak, a maple, and a sycamore tree. Now, he is getting his learner’s permit and starting to think about college and tucking me in at night because he always goes to sleep later than I do.
Even so, he is just as wide-eyed and curious about the world as he ever has been. And we love him even more than we ever have.
P.S. He won’t actually own a car for a while, but his dad is planning to teach him on a manual transmission, and since I have never learned to drive stick, it’s going to more or less feel like his very own car all the same.
