It's the story of two beginnings a first grader
on the first page of his grade school education
a 12th grader starting the last page of his
some pages sound alike he's excited about it
and I am
too I'm a little sad because I'm losing my
oldest son but I still have one more to go you
sort of
I hate to see your kid growing up and losing
some of their innocence, I guess,
but we really can't wait.
Some pages remind us who we are.
Another reminds us where we are, reminds us
that it's time to turn the page.
Just being my last year at home and then going
off to college,
I think more so about that than anything else.
I've got another friend that goes across the
alley from me,
And he lets me swim in his pool.
You remember the tell us about your summer
recitals, don't you?
Richard doesn't know there are 12 more years of this.
Renwick remembers it all.
Girls, teen dances, pool parties.
But he says he's left all that on the doorstep
of his high school.
That's where our self-discipline comes in.
Mom will see to that.
I told him to take it seriously that he has
plenty of time for girls
and to keep God first in everything he does,
and let's go from there.
Twelve years from now, Richard will hear the
same speech.
The glitter in a little boy's eyes, a turn and
a wave, not to symbolize a departure but
an arrival to independence.
Larry Mullins, Texas News 5.