Chewymom

Tonight, DS16 came out of his bedroom about five minutes after he had gone to bed. He said, “Mom, I just wanted you to know. You are special.”

I wondered why he had felt this need to say that to me, so I questioned him about it. He had been at youth group tonight, and they had watched a movie. I’m not totally clear on what was the main point of the movie, but DS16 was able to tell me that there was a mom in it, and she never believed in Jesus. And basically, he seemed to be expressing to me that I am special to him because I believe in Jesus.

Now, that’s a pretty awesome thing to hear from a 16-year-old son, isn’t it? And might I just add (since I’ve been on a bit of a Down-syndrome-tangent this past week) that although he may have thought that, without his extra chromosome, I’m betting he might not have felt the freedom and urgency to say it to me.

I think I have a pretty awesome kid, don’t you?!?!

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