My Baby is 16!!!!

AS I SIT HERE I HAVE SO MANY EMOTIONS AND SO MANY THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD AND IN MY HEART. TRULY DID NOT THINK IT WOULD BE THIS HARD TO WATCH PHILLIP TURN 16 BUT GOODNESS MY TEARS ARE FLOWING. I HAVE TO SAY I AM EXCITED FOR HIM IN THIS NEW JOURNEY OF LIFE BUT THEN AGAIN I AM SCARED TO DEATH FOR HIM SO MANY THINGS RESPONSIBILITIES, DRIVING,WOW.. HE STILL HAS A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF HIM BUT YET ADULTHOOD TRULY STARTS HERE, HE IS OLD ENOUGH TO GET A JOB, HE IS OLD ENOUGH TO DRIVE AND THAT'S FUN AND EXCITING BUT YET AGAIN ITS THE FIRST STEPS OF ADULTHOOD AND I AM NOT SO SURE I WANT THAT TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW, I STILL WANT MY CHUBBY LITTLE BABY WHO I COULD HOLD AND PROTECT AND KISS AWAY THE TEARS WHEN HE HURT HIMSELF, WHO COULD BE HIS BEST FRIEND AND THAT WAS THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD, THE ONE WHO WHATEVER I SAID I WAS RIGHT AND OH SO SMART..LOL .. HA HA NOW ITS MOM DON'T HUG ME IN FRONT OF SO AND SO AND MY GOODNESS DON'T YOU DARE KISS ME, AND NOW ITS THE GIRLFRIEND AND THE FRIENDS WHO HE WOULD RATHER HANG WITH..LOL.. AND OH WHATEVER I SAY I AM USUALLY WRONG AND OH SO DUMB..LOL.. OH HOW I REMEMBER BEING THE SAME WAY TO MY MOM AND DAD, ITS JUST THAT AGE AND KNOWING IT ALL AND BEING INDEPENDENT,LOL LITTLE DOES HE KNOW MOMMAS ALWAYS RIGHT AND MOMMA KNOWS BEST AND MOMMA WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR BEST FRIEND WHEN MOST PEOPLE COME AND GO.. ANYWAY WE ARE BEGINNING THE NEW JOURNEY WITH OUR SWEET PHILLIP AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO IT AND WILL BE DOING LOTS AND LOTS AND PRAYING..WE SURPRISED PHILLIP WITH A 16TH BDAY PARTY HE HAD NO IDEA, NO CLUE... HE KEPT TELLING US HE WANTED TO HAVE A FEW FRIENDS OVER TO HANG OUT AND WE WERE LIKE WELL WE WILL SEE WE HAVE THIS AND THIS AND WE HAVE TO GO HERE AND THERE AND HIS GIRLFRIENDS MOM EVEN TOLD HIM SHE COULDN'T COME OVER BECAUSE SHE HAD SOMETHING TO DO SO HE WAS A LITTLE BUMMED NEEDLESS TO SAY BUT HE MADE OTHER PLANS, HE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH ONE OF HIS FRIENDS ON SATURDAY AND THEY WERE GOING TO BRING HIM HOME AROUND 4:15 ON SUNDAY, SO ALL OF HIS FRIENDS CAME OVER AROUND 4:00 AND THEY WERE HERE WHEN HE PULLED UP,HE WAS VERY SURPRISED AND VERY HAPPY.. WE HAD A POOL PARTY AND COOKOUT AND A DJ WHO PLAYED ALL THE LATEST MUSIC THAT THEY ALL LISTEN TO FROM POP TO COUNTRY, WE HAD A KARAOKE MACHINE WHICH SOME OF US, OOPS I MEAN THEM HA HA SANG AND THERE WAS A BUBBLE MACHINE AND FOG MACHINE, IT WAS SO COOL.. HE HAD A GREAT TIME AND HIS FRIENDS DID TOO. SOME OF THE PARENTS STAYED AS WELL AND I THINK THEY HAD AS MUCH FUN AS THE KIDS. THANK YOU ALL WHO SHARED IN HIS SPECIAL DAY AND WHO HELPED WITH DECORATIONS AND COOKING AND CLEANING UP.. YOU ARE ALL A BLESSING TO ALL OF US AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT GOD HAS PUT YOU IN OUR LIVES..PHILLIP, DAD AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO CALL YOU OUR SON, YOU HAVE TRULY BEEN A ANSWERED PRAYER FROM THE TIME WE FOUND OUT WE WERE HAVING YOU.WE LOVE WHO YOU ARE AND WHO YOU ARE TURNING OUT TO BE, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW GODS PATH FOR YOU AND THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW HIS WORD AND HIS TRUTH. WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART WHO YOU TRULY ARE AND YOU KNOW WHATS RIGHT FROM WRONG AS TEENAGERS AND SHOOT EVEN ADULTS WE OFTEN MAKE STUPID MISTAKES IN JUST ABOUT EVERY SITUATION, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL ASK GOD FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AND LEAN ON HIM TO SEE YOU THRU DIFFERENT SITUATIONS AS YOU START A NEW JOURNEY THIS YEAR. WE PRAY FOR HAPPINESS AND LOTS OF LOVE AND BLESSINGS FOR YOUR LIFE AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL TRULY SUCCEED IN THIS WORLD OF GOOD AND BAD AND THAT YOU WILL BLESS OTHERS WITH YOUR SWEET HEART. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHILLIP TAYLOR, NEVER EVER FORGET HOW MUCH YOU ARE LOVED AND MEAN TO YOUR FAMILY, WE ARE SO BLESSED AND SO THANKFUL TO GOD THAT HE CHOSE YOU TO BE OURS...XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXOXOXXOXO