Comments on: Ten Years

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:13:00 +0000

Everett – amazing in so many ways. and I am pretty sure you have miscounted… there is no way he can be ten can he??

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:27:00 +0000

Ah, is that what they turn into over the years?:)That's right; I remember you spending the summer with your grandparents and your mother gave me a mailing address: "c/o Everett/"

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:28:00 +0000

Rebecca, this is an amazing post. I love how you’ve explored the mystery of your boy… and told the things you know and love about him. My favorite memories of little Everett are him saying, “Mommy, hold you” to you when he wanted to be picked up, along with his shredded cozy ba. Happy Ten, Everett! 🙂

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:21:00 +0000

I remember asking Everett once when he was maybe four what he was thinking. We were riding in the back of your minivan not saying anything and I was wondering what was going on in his head, so I asked. He thought for a moment, and then said with a sort of surprised tone in his voice, “I don’t know.” It struck me as a remarkably intelligent answer for such a little little boy. Happy birthday, Everett. Uncle Janke and I love you tons.

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:13:00 +0000

I remember an afternoon, almost early evening, that summer four or five (five?) years ago that I was at your house seemingly all the time. Emma Grace and Everett were on the swings in the backyard and Everett wanted me to push him — faster and faster — not higher and higher. While I pushed, we had a very lovely conversation where he asked me all kinds of questions about me and my life and where I grew up and I was absolutely in awe of the things he wondered about. He’s a very special little man. Happy birthday Everett!