Thankful {day 3}

I am thankful for Blaise. He truly is such a blessing in our lives.

I was married at a young age. Jason and I met when I was 18, we got married when I was 20. We knew we were young, but we knew we wanted to be together, and we knew we loved each other and could make it work.

Our plan was to be married for a few years, finish school, get good jobs, then start a family.

4 months after we were married we found out I was pregnant.

Having a baby when we were so newly married, were not prepared in the least, and me not knowing what the heck I was doing, was difficult, to say the least.

I sometimes feel sorry for Blaise, because I feel like I wasn't a very good Mom to him, I didn't know what I was doing!!! He was our "tester" baby. I think you learn so much more from your oldest child then they ever learn from you.

It was just me and Blaise for 4 years. Jason was NEVER home. We didn't live by family for half of that time. I didn't have a car for most of that time. So it was just me, and him, in our apartment, figuring life out.

I remember those being the hardest years of my life, but now I look back at them, and I still can't say they weren't hard, but I am grateful for them. It was just Blaise and I against the world, and we pulled through, and we have a beautiful life now. Blaise helped make me the strong woman I am now. Blaise made me a Mom. Blaise gave meaning to my life.

Now Blaise is eleven, and I don't know how we got here. I've had so much fun being his Mom, and time DOES go by fast when you are having fun.

Just this last year I have realized that he is growing up into a very handsome, careful, smart, and responsible kid.

The other day he was having an issue with something one of his soccer coaches told him, so I said I would have Dad talk to him, Blaise said, "No, Mom. I don't want that. He is my coach, and I don't agree with what he wants me to do, but he's the coach. I don't want you and Dad to step in. I can handle it." I was SO proud of him.

Yesterday one of his friends fell off his bike in front of our house. Blaise was in the house getting ready to go play with a friend and heard him crying. He ran outside to check on his friend then came in and got me and the first aid kit and took me out to his friend. We cleaned up his friend, and then realized his bike was broke. So Blaise walked his friend home, to make sure he was okay, then came back and walked his friends broke bike home. He did all this without me asking, AND knowing that he was going to be late to go play at his friends house.

I am so Thankful that Heavenly Father knew that I needed Blaise. I am so so so thankful that he is my Son. I love him to the moon and back.

He is thoughtful, he is kind. He is super silly. He lives for soccer. He has lots of friends. He likes to read, even though he'll say he doesn't. He loves animals. He is a helper. He follows his dad around like a shadow. He is sweet with his sister. And his brother really is his best friend. He trusts and talks about everything with his mama. He has a funny sense of humor, and when he gets giggling,.....man,.......it's the best. He is my Blaise Dude.