They say the eyes are the windows to the soul, and I believe it, 100%. When I look into the eyes of any of the boys at any given moment, I can tell how they are feeling, what they are planning, and sometimes even exactly what they are thinking.
J is my scientific mind. He is always thinking about how things work, or how he can make them work better. He is the what if boy. He devours books almost daily. He will literally read anything that has print, from a cereal box, to a newspaper to an Occupational Bio mechanics text book. (I kid you not. He found the book while searching the shelves at the local thrift store and begged me to buy it for him.) There is never a trip out just the 2 of us that I don't answer a myriad of questions. Most of them are hypothetical and a lot of them are down right crazy, but I answer just the same because I LOVE that his brain is always on, that he loves to learn new things and that he is quickly becoming a walking book of useless knowledge just like his Momma. He is going to do great things with his life. I just know it!
B is my emotional/ passionate boy. He feels things deeply and is affected by everything that is going on around him. He's a lover AND a fighter and you never know which you're going to get from him from one moment to the next. He thrives on peace and harmony and HATES chaos. (Well, except for the chaos that is his room....that he seems to LOVE!) I sometimes refer to him as my little chihuahua with something to prove but I really think that if he had his way, the only thing he would do is bring about peace and harmony. Granted he is usually the first to attack, the first to fly off the handle and scream and yell but I think he is still trying to figure out his place in the world, where he fits in and just who he is. Yelling is just his way of being heard, because this boy wants to make sure that you know exactly how hes feeling, good or bad, and he'll do what ever it takes to make sure you hear him. I honestly believe that between 8 and 10 is the hardest time to be a little boy. He feels like hes old enough to run with the big boys, but he's still got some growing up to do before that can happen. Soon enough little man. Momma doesn't want you to grow up just yet.
N is my empathetic spirit. He cares about all living things and will do what ever he can to help. I remember last December when we were doing a good deed a day for the entire month, and he was so into it. And the idea has stuck. There are more times than I could tell you here, that he has done something completely random and then turned to me and said "I just did a good deed Momma!" This little boy makes me so proud! He will help people, animals, bugs, plants, you name it, he will do whatever he can to make sure that they get what they need. Even a simple trip to the grocery store turns into an opportunity to help. Just last week he was crawling around on the floor in the produce department retrieving all of the "runaway fruit and veggies", under the tables that the produce clerk couldn't reach. He came home a little dustier than when we left but I also know that the world was a better place. Even if it was just for that moment in time, when my little boy proved to all who saw what he did, that even the smallest gestures can make a big difference in someones day.
C is the joker. His mission in life it seems is to make people laugh. He is Mr Feelgood. His sense of humor is one of a kind, and I never know what to expect from him next. Sometimes this quality is to his detriment; like in school, where making people smile seems to come before getting good grades but how can I, in all good conscience, stop my son from wanting to make people happy? It may take him a little longer than the norm to graduate, but he will. Of that I have no doubt. And if he can make the world a little brighter in the process, leave an impression on even just one person who was having a bad day, then I'd say that he got the complete high school experience and then some. In a society that more and more seems to be self-serving and self absorbed, I am glad that my son has the ability to look outside of himself and cares about others. The world needs more people like him, for sure!
So there you have it. My boys in a nutshell. All of them completely different. Yet they are also the same because I have no doubt that they are all destined to do great things in this world, so long as they follow their hearts.
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