Art Works - Richmond Virginia: Six new tapestries arrived for Maximo Laura's exhibit

Art Works - Richmond Virginia: Six new tapestries arrived for Maximo Laura's exhibit

Four Years Later

Here he is. All grown up. Taking care of business. Our youngest son graduating from JMU excelling in his studies, making us proud. Although we were happy when we took him to college on that first day, as we walked to our car we stopped on the street corner and Bill and I cried a little. Sometimes you notice milestones and this one was.

I remember crying another time. October 1988, we sat down to a steak dinner supplied by the hospital after the baby was born. We had to take the dinner home with us because we couldn't afford to stay more than 1 day in the hospital and have the dinner served to us there. So we sat on the couch with our new baby in his borrowed buggy/bassinet and felt our hearts fill with gratitude. Another milestone.

He was a sweet, sweet child and very loving. In first grade elementary school, he and little Coleen acted as mediators on the playground. Whenever there was an argument, Coleen would take one of the parties aside and Albert would take the other and they'd council with them. Coleen said when she grew up she was going to be President of the United States. I would so vote for her!

There were many milestones, like learning to ride the bike when he sat got up the next morning and smiled and said "I'm so proud of myself". And in high school when he got the Governor's award and most valuable senior chorus member and in little league when he got most improve player and went to All Stars in the Babe Ruth Lakeside Little League and when I'd see his friends gather round him and the girls would hug him and be so excited just seeing him.

He's a nice person, kind and smart and he's our son.