We drove down to Thomaston, Georgia to have a late birthday dinner with our oldest grandson for his 15th tour around the sun during my slice of time from 6:52-7:23. Much to our surprise, he bypassed Longhorn Steakhouse in favor of pizza on the town square and went for the buffalo chicken calzone. I’m proud to say that for his birthday, he asked for a new copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. That’s my grandson!
In Georgia, you can take a driver’s test and get a Learner’s Permit for a year before you turn 16, so we also celebrated his passing the learner’s permit test and becoming a new driver. They just grow up waaaaay too fast. He’s taller than I am now. For years, we’d greet each other by taking off our shoes and standing back to back, heel to heel, to see if he had overtaken me in height. It happened a couple of years ago – first by just a hair, and now by a half foot. I kind of miss our shoes-off greeting.
Today is my son’s birthday, too – – the middle child of my gas pump year octane children: 87, 89. and 93. Birthdays keep coming, and that’s a blessing. But I stand here in 2025 looking back across the years and it only seems like yesterday that I was swaddling him………and his nephew……..and 7 grandchildren later, I wonder where the time has gone……..
Aidan
he’s grown way too fast
yesterday, a sweet newborn
today, a young man
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I’m thinking about your retirement wonder, and somehow, I think you’d find things to do!
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Kim,
Cute kid. I bet he gets even taller. I had a great aunt we all measured ourselves against. She was only 4ā11ā tall! Yes, time flies. Those baby swaddling days donāt speed by until they do. For now, Happy Birthday to Aiden. Soon youāll be writing about his graduation.
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Oh yes, they grow so fast and into young adults who we love just as much,
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The details in your piece help us get to know your grandson and appreciate the relationship and bond the two of you share. I can just imagine how exciting it was for him when he was finally taller than you!
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Kim, your sweet post shows the quick passage of time, and yet the love that fills the years. Happy birthday to your grandson and a happy year of driving (with a licensed driver). Happy birthday to your son too!
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Kim, you look so happy with your grandson. You are truly blessed! Thanks for sharing this precious slice and your wonderful verse celebrating Aidan!
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Happy birthday to Aidan! He is so handsome – and looks like you! What a great photo. Oh yes, he has great taste in books (my Scout loves the series, too, and will be wearing her Harry Potter pjs when she comes over tomorrow night). How well you capture this passage of time in your haiku – the grandchildren grow so fast it’s nearly dizzying.
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I fully understand this, they grow up way too fast. My oldest grandson turns 20 this year (and refuses to learn to drive!) and time keeps marching on…!
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