There Goes My Baby

7lbs 6 inches long, a bouncing baby boy, born March 7, 1981.

Trembling, as I first held his tiny little body in my arms. My baby, my first born, my heart was pounding and my mind was racing. A sea of emotions flooded my being.
I experienced fear, yet excitement, joy, yet uncertainty, pride, yet an overwhelming feeling of inadequacy. What was I going to do with this tiny little fellow? My baby, my first born.

There goes my baby… 29 years old today, March 7, 2010. Of course, he is not a baby anymore and neither is he little. In fact he is big; big bones, big muscles and a little bit of FAT. He has grown up to be an honorable, respectable young man and a father. In February, 2010 he received his Barber’s License. I’ve watched him grow, experiencing some success and even failures; I must say, I am proud to be his dad.

In our journey as parents, we all have thought or said to ourselves, or even out loud, “There goes my baby.” As we watch them enter into kindergarten, elementary, middle school, high school, maybe college, or their first apartment or when they are walking down the church aisle with their eyes dancing looking at their mate, we’re thinking, “There goes my baby.”

So how do we let them go? How do we say, with confidence “There goes my baby,” wanting everything to be ok. We allow them to live their lives, as we guide them from the side line. When they fall, we “throw out a life line” and allow them to pull themselves back into the boat. We pray for their protection, as we warn them of the pit falls and how to avoid them. We can provide some insight from our own hindsight. We encourage them to step out into new things without demanding that they do it our way. And then finally, we spoil the grandkids. And the cycle continues, “There goes my baby.”

I hope I have given you as much Joy as a father in these last 29 years, as you have given me as a son.

Happy Birthday Glenwood Lee Warren II, I love you with all of my heart!!


“There Goes My Baby.”

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