Warning: post may be chock full of pictures and me feeling sorry for myself!
Josh and baby Jason on the riverwalk in San Antonio having lunch. Brendan and Jason never wanted to be away from him for a second. They adore him. Brendan took it especially hard when he left. :(
Here is Joshua, Brendan, Krystle and Jason at the Natural Caverns. They all agreed that this was their favorite place that we visited.
And here is my young man at the processional at his graduation! Finally taking the walk he had worked so hard for!
Receiving his diploma! So, so proud!
The pillow he knelt on for his prayer. His initials were engraved on it. It now rests on his bed and I periodically go in and straighten it up. You know, if he was home, it would need that because it would be buried under a ton of dirty clothes! lol
He still needs to hug and love on his Dad.
And I still need to hug and love on him.
After the graduation ceremony, we came home to Florida and had a few days to prepare for his going away party. My bonus Mom, Kathy, made this cake for Joshua. He only likes funfetti cake so she made this for him. It was priceless!
Joshua and his Mimi, who made him his cake. He later ended up putting his whole face in that cake!
We had found a bunch of Army shirts at Bealls. They proved to make for a nice picture at the end of the party when we were trying to get in the last minute pictures. I think you can tell by my expression that it was all beginning to sink in and I had been told one too many times that day that I was not allowed to go to Basic and for various reasons that made absolutely no sense to me! lol
Thanks for bearing with me as I had this flashback. I'm loving ya. And I'm missing him. Joshua Paul....I found the moon for you tonight....and it was pretty :) Jesus loves you, honey. Stay strong, Army strong!