My baby had his preschool graduation ceremony today.
He performed songs, including the alphabet done in sign language, on stage with the other cutie patooters in his class.
I began to cry when each child came up to accept their diploma and spoke into the microphone, stating what they want to be when they grow up. Bexon looked very nervous waiting for his turn.
Both myself and my husband had no idea what he might say…other kids said “Princess, Dinosaur, Artist, Teacher, Train Conductor…” Bex said:
“I’m Bexon and when I grow up, I want to be a DOCTOR!”
Excuse me while I Mommy sob.
A doctor. My husband and I looked at each other, full of emotion. Of course, he’s had 10 body casts and multiple MRIs and endless hospital trips for his rare form of Infantile Scoliosis, he loves doctors.
He loves HIS doctor. He says “They help people.” And they do. They saved his life and spine, especially Dr. Jacques D’ Astous.
He can change his mind a million times about what he wants to be of course, such is life, he’s only four.
But today, my happy heart bursts with pride…
I’ll never forget how hard it’s been to get here. I’ll never forget how brave my angel is.
I’ll never forget all of those beautiful souls who’ve helped us. I raise my glass of lemon water in a toast to you, teachers and doctors and all of those who give so much to our babies as they grow. You change lives for the better.
We love you and we thank you.
Amen.
~ Heidi
Awww what a cutie!
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Thanks, Gia! You’re a cutie!
Oh Heidi, he’s so adorable! What a beautiful boy, inside and out!
Thank you, Melissa! He’s my heart.
I love it! He’s just so handsome! My son announced to his class, at his preschool graduation yesterday, that he’s going to be a ninja in Tokyo when he grows up. At least he wasn’t the kid who said that she wanted to be a pig when she grows up!
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A ninja in Tokyo, that’s awesome! You must be doing something right
I love his smile. I’m know you are a proud momma! Way to go Bexon!
Thank you Angie, me too!
You should totally do this…when I was in 2nd grade, I had this fantabulous teacher that made all of us fill out this “in the future” worksheet on the last day of school. She then sealed them in envelopes and gave them to our parents with a little label over the seal saying, “Do Not Open Until High School Graduation”. My parents hung onto it and right after the ceremony they gave me the letter. It was so completely fantastic to see through my 8yr old eyes…what was so right, so wrong, so funny and reminded me how much I had grown up. I only wished that I’d done something like that every year.
The questions ranged from “What do you want to be when you grow up?” to “What will cars be like when you can drive?”.
Maybe Bex is a little young right now to articulate all of that, but it is something you might consider in the next couple of years.
Adorable, I love that!
Congrats mom! You have kicked ass, and Bex has kicked even harder ass! I betchya he DOES become a doctor! It’s all he knows. Which could turn out to be an amazing thing.
Kid’s got an amazing story, just imagine when he is graduating from Princeton or Yale. He could write a friggin book already!
Congratulations again! And please pass along all of our congratulations to Bex! We are probably as proud as you guys are, I mean, we have kinda read your life for the last 6 months (Well, that is how long I have
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Love!
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Thank you so much my friend!