Boy becomes a Man

I have never been more proud of my sweet son

than I was yesterday at his grandfather's funeral.

I watched him with my own eyes transform from a boy to a man.

Brent has always been very much on the SHY side.

He has never loved being in big crowds,

or even talking to people.

When he was little he used to tell me it made his heart hurt.

So yesterday as he walked to the front of a packed church

to speak about his Pa my heart melted.

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He had no speech rehearsed,

written, or even planned.

Yet he walked to the front of that sanctuary and spoke

about a man he truly loved with the greatest of grace and eloquence

that I have ever witnessed to this day.

The tears were rolling uncontrollably down my face.

They were streaming so hard they were falling into my shirt.

But somehow I managed to see the boy I have loved with all my heart

change into a beautiful, gentle souled man !!!
As I listened to him end his speech saying that each time his Pa squeezed his knee

he knew what he meant.. In his heart he always knew that he was saying

"I LOVE YOU Brent, and he just wanted to say I LOVE you too Pa !"

I can not imagine a greater thrill in all the world

than for a grandfather to know he has touched the life of his grandson

in such a way that he was willing to stand up a tell

an entire room full of people how much he cared.

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My cup runeth over with LOVE for that precious child.

I am so incredibly proud of the man he has become.

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May we all get to witness the transformation of our children.