I haven’t done this lately…

this is for those of you who don’t get to see what i do…just in case.

Separated at birth

sooo…

can you tell which one is chris and which one is holden?

or are they both chris…or are they both holden?

kind of creepy, huh?

imagine if you were me…

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the legacy is officially continuing…

this past saturday, holden took in his first ball game.  at the ballpark in arlington, the home of the texas rangers.  that’s his daddy behind home plate.

how cool is this?

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melissa is an amazing mom.  it happened immediately.  instantaneously.  in a blink of an eye…or cut of a scapel, as it were.

i’m not surprised.  but i am overwhelmed.  for nearly nine months, holden camped out in her belly.  i know they had numerous conversations that always felt one-way, but they were clearly dialogue.  each day, as she awaited his coming out party, i know she pictured what it would be like.  she imagined holding him and seeing his face and smelling his baby odor and touching skin she had only read about.  i know she wondered what it would feel like to be a mom.

melissa is an amazing mom.  she doesn’t have to wonder anymore.  the mystery is reality.  being a mom is her nature.  it is her calling.  i watch her and i’m blown away by the look in her eye when she checks him out…by the sound of her voice when she talks to him…the gentle ease she has when she responds to his need.  yup…she’s got it going on.

melissa is an amazing mom.  call it instinct.  call it her nature.  call it preparation.  call it good examples to learn from. call it whatever you want.  i’ll just say she was made for this.  her attention to detail.  her passion for his well-being.  the unconditional love that pours out of her to him. the uncontainable joy she finds in her newfound identity.  there is no question that god has wired her for this.  did i already say that melissa is an amazing mom?

i suppose you could be sitting there and saying, “she’s just like every other new mom.”  well, pardon my humble, myopic, and clearly biased opinion…but my grandson is has the best mom i could have ever dreamed of him having.

For our friends far away…