When I was 32 years old,
life as I'd always known it
became amazingly more blessed.
A precious little boy
became my center of attention
and it's been one blessing
after the other since
that day almost 26 years ago.
Bill and I were married 3 years
before he was born,
but I had his name picked out
before we ever even started dating.
I knew one day I would have a Jared Micah,
even though the last name was up for grabs.
My Jared Micah is a dear, sweet,
typical boy in many ways.
He definitely has God's favor
and most things seem to go his way.
I truly can not think of anything
he has set out to do that he didn't achieve.
He decided one day
when he was in Middle School
that he wanted to play the bass guitar.
We ordered a very inexpensive one for him
and he never looked back.
While in high school
one of his band director
steered him in the direction
of an old Double Bass
being stored
in the band room attic.
Jared basically taught himself to play,
and it has been his
constant companion ever since.
He now has a
Masters in Jazz Performance.
However, for the last year and a half
he's been living back at home,
searching for a job in the music field,
and making my heart happy
every time I look at him
and think of all he has achieved.
He's never given us
any problems of any kind.
He was always an honor student
and kept a 4.0 or very close
all the way through college.
Even at FSU
while holding down a job
as a Grad Assistant
in the Jazz Studies department.
I'm certainly a proud and boastful mama,
but of course he is not perfect...
He does prefer to keep a messy room
and he tends to leave a trail
of empty glasses and shoes
throughout the house.
All things I can live with,
but a trait that I pray over for him.
Now to the point...
life as I'd always known it
became amazingly more blessed.
A precious little boy
became my center of attention
and it's been one blessing
after the other since
that day almost 26 years ago.
Bill and I were married 3 years
before he was born,
but I had his name picked out
before we ever even started dating.
I knew one day I would have a Jared Micah,
even though the last name was up for grabs.
My Jared Micah is a dear, sweet,
typical boy in many ways.
He definitely has God's favor
and most things seem to go his way.
I truly can not think of anything
he has set out to do that he didn't achieve.
He decided one day
when he was in Middle School
that he wanted to play the bass guitar.
We ordered a very inexpensive one for him
and he never looked back.
While in high school
one of his band director
steered him in the direction
of an old Double Bass
being stored
in the band room attic.
Jared basically taught himself to play,
and it has been his
constant companion ever since.
He now has a
Masters in Jazz Performance.
However, for the last year and a half
he's been living back at home,
searching for a job in the music field,
and making my heart happy
every time I look at him
and think of all he has achieved.
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| Just before one of his symphony concerts. |
any problems of any kind.
He was always an honor student
and kept a 4.0 or very close
all the way through college.
Even at FSU
while holding down a job
as a Grad Assistant
in the Jazz Studies department.
I'm certainly a proud and boastful mama,
but of course he is not perfect...
He does prefer to keep a messy room
and he tends to leave a trail
of empty glasses and shoes
throughout the house.
All things I can live with,
but a trait that I pray over for him.
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Playing with the Encore Coda Band in Maine... | he's spent the last two summers on faculty there. |
My Jared has just recently
become a bass player for
the Air Force Band
in Colorado Springs, Colorado!!
My heart breaks that he will be so far from home,
but that does not take away
from the pride I have for him
and his new adventure.
It's all been worth it, Jared!
I love you like a rock!
I hear Colorado is
a beautiful place to visit!
become a bass player for
the Air Force Band
in Colorado Springs, Colorado!!
My heart breaks that he will be so far from home,
but that does not take away
from the pride I have for him
and his new adventure.
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| Our Thanksgiving family photo from 2010... we are all about 40 pounds lighter now...whoohoooo! |
It's all been worth it, Jared!
I love you like a rock!
I hear Colorado is
a beautiful place to visit!
