Today, (well technically it was yesterday since I am writing this after midnight.) was Olin Jr's birthday. He was very excited and I was happy because he was so thrilled. He reached another milestone in his life- his eighteenth birthday. He was happy to have graduated high school after four long, stressful years and now considers himself a free man. He is registering for college next Spring but wants to get some freedom from books for the Fall. Finally he gets to "come and go as a young man should without parents making so many decisions for him." Jr. also realizes the world will treat him differently now that he is eighteen and is considered an adult. He cannot do silly things and get away with it because he is 'underage' - those days are over and that ship has sailed. Instead he is looking forward to driving, getting a car, his own apartment, college, buying lotto and so much more.
Son, here's to many more wonderful years ahead, filled with happiness, health success and prosperity. You have grown into a fine young man and I am very proud of you. Your future looks bright and the world is your oyster.
Words of Wisdom
- Remember, "as a man thinketh, so is he" and
- Whatever the mind can conceive, you can achieve.
- "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change"