October 2

This kid.

In some ways, Isaac is still my determined little truck who struggled with spoken language but communicated volumes through big blue eyes.

In other ways, he's an entirely different human being at 17. Like today, for example, he sat down with Adam and I with a to-do list that included talk about college visits, get a credit card, open a new savings account with a decent interest rate, and open a Roth IRA.

The latter was the one that really got me. I'm not a finance girl (that's Adam's lane of travel) but I feel like he's rather young to be thinking about retirement. But he is. And it makes me proud of amuses me tremendously all at once.

I love his thoughtfulness and his heart. And I am so grateful to be his mom.