"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Isaiah 40:31
As I noted in my last post, Melissa went to the doctor and they did an ultrasound. How exciting for them! When I was pregnant in 1981 and 1987, they did not do ultrasounds unless the pregnancy had complications. I was very blessed and did not have complications so I did not have ultrasounds with my two boys. I very much wanted to know what I having both times but without an ultrasound it is impossible so I had to wait for the babies to be born each time. Technology has come a long way. So here is my grandchild! The next ultrasound will be done around 20 weeks and we will know whether we are having a boy or a girl. Even though John and Melissa are far away in Idaho, we share in their excitement. I think pregnancy is a wonderful and special time in a woman's life. I am sure Melissa is blossoming and I have to remember to ask John to send me pictures of her as her pregnancy develops.
This post will be all about my oldest child. John was born at 7:17 a.m. on Monday, May 3, 1982. He was born two days before my due date. He had light blonde hair and blue eyes. There was no doubt what the color of his eyes would be since both his parents have blue eyes. He was a typical baby in terms of eating, sleeping, pooping, etc. He wasn't unusually demanding and I very much enjoyed being a mother even though Iwas nineteen years old at the time. John and I had been married a little over a month when I became pregnant with John (we call him John Anthony but he prefers to be called "John"). It was not an accident. I always wanted to be a mother so I was not taking birth control.
John was a very undemanding child. He was playful and active but not very mischievous. He is really smart and was liked by his teachers at school. We enrolled him in a Christian School (United Christian Academy) when he was in first grade and he stayed there until he graduated high school in 2000. Please don't think I am boasting but I have been so blessed with my children. John went through high school and did not give us problems that you hear so much about from other parents. He got so-so grades even though he could have easily been a straight A student. He played soccer, basketball and baseball. He worked part-time as a writer for the Greene County Record and also at FoodLion. We didn't push him to be a straight A student even though we knew he was capable of it. He was very busy and I think a happy teenager and we tried to let him enjoy his teenage years. I have fond memories of the ballgames and trips that we took through the years. He was mature, responsible and very independent.
Soon after John graduated high school, he started dating a young lady named Melissa. John had dated several other girls over the years and he probably doesn't know this but Melissa was the first girl that he dated that I liked from the moment that I met her. She would have been the girl that I would have chosen for him to marry. John lived at home for the next few years. He attended a local college and also attend the Connecticut School of Broadcasting in Washington, D.C. , while working for a local newspaper. He ended up working for several different newspapers over the next few years and was building a great foundation for his career in the newspaper business. He and Melissa continued to date and on Valentine's Day in 2004, he proposed to her. She accepted and the wedding plans were made! They were married at our local church, Bethel Baptist Church, on July 17, 2004. Melissa was a beautiful bride and he was a handsome groom. They lived about 10 miles away in a basement apartment until October 2005 when they moved to Fort Collins, Colorado as John had received a job offer from the newspaper there.
It was a very hard day for me to watch my son leave Virginia. I was so proud of him and he was his "own man" but he will always be "my baby". He is my firstborn child and like each child, he holds a special place in my heart that no other child can replace. In 2007, they moved to Boise, Idaho after he had received a job offer from his current employer, The Idaho Statesman. He is a Sports Copy Editor and loves his work.
I am so looking forward to being a grandmother and watching my child and daughter-in-law become parents and seeing the love that I know they will have for their child. My prayer is that they will allow the Lord to lead them in the raising of the precious gift that He has given them. For those of you that don't know him, the pictures are of him as a baby, child and then adult.
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