We are
celebrating the first of three important birthdays in almost as many months as
Harry turns 18 today. George will be
next with his 16th and last, but not least, Molly will be 21 in November.
Harry is
a truly remarkable human being and it is a privilege to be his mother. He joined the family when Molly was almost
three and from almost day one had us all in stitches. That young baby knew how to make us laugh and
he also knew how to get up on his feet.
At 10 months old he stood up and walked to the bottom of the
stairs. He wanted to climb them and that
was clearly the fastest way of getting there!
Throughout
his early life he developed his sense of humour and then one day it just
stopped and we lost our little boy for a while.
That roughly coincided with him starting school so after a few years of
watching him become more and more unhappy we took him and his younger brother,
George, out of school and we have never looked back since.
Slowly
Harry's sense of humour returned and we had our precious boy back. Harry is remarkable in so many ways but they
perhaps all come from the size of his heart.
He is, without doubt, the most compassionate person I know and I have
learnt so much from him. He has a strong
sense of natural justice that has steered him through his youth well. In our eyes Harry has been an adult for some
years but now it is official and gets to buy his dad a pint. Harry began work at an organic vegetable
farm at the beginning of the growing season and he has worked so very hard
and his time keeping has been exemplary.
He has had just one day off when he had a very nasty chest
infection. His boss can not get over our
Harry and says he is excited about potential growth now Harry is on board. All this speaks volumes about his work ethic
and we could not be more proud.
So, as he
turns 18 I am excited about his future as he juggles a physically demanding job
and distance learning study. But it is
somehow more than that. It is about
being blessed to have someone in your family that is completely and utterly
dependable and a source of great joy. He
sets the very best example to his two younger brothers and that is important in
the context of a larger family.
In recent
days he has had to step up and support his best friend through the most testing
of times and that has, for me, illustrated the measure of the man. With all the love I can muster 'Happy
Birthday' Harry.
Until
tomorrow. Xx
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