yeah, yeah...so i may have bitten off more than i can chew by trying to do this daily for ten days in a row. case in point...cramming in yesterday & today before the clock strikes twelve. i feel like cinderella. only without the fancy dress. and the castle. and the glass shoes. and the mice.
ohhhhh, thank GOD there are no talking mice. because that's the LAST thing i need today. (dear God, please don't let me have dreams of talking mice. i promise i'll try to be good).
okay, so back to austin.
R (for robert) was also for respectful.
A is a no-brainer. A is for ARTISTIC.
dude, i swear, from the time you were old enough to hold a crayon you've been drawing stuff that blows my mind. it's in your blood.
i love that your first 'real' job was at a sign shop...that's what your great grandfather did for a living. back before computers...and printers...probably back before dinosaurs. LOL.
as you continue to grow in your art skills, i continue to just be in AWE (oooh, look, another A). i mean, i can draw a cute cartoon bird. and maybe some puffy clouds. but YOU, my son, are quite the artist.
still laughing at the eye glasses lady who wanted you to get the protective coating on your new glasses...
eyeglass lady: 'son, you really should get it. it's just good to have for boys.'
me: 'he's an artist.'
eyeglass lady (looking at you): 'but what about when you play basketball?'
me: 'he's more likely to poke himself in the eye with a pencil.'
hee hee hee. i love that you KNOW this. and you OWN it. you aren't afraid to admit it. A is NOT for athlete. not that you didn't do soccer or t-ball...or even remember the diving class...that high dive was SCARY...but it just wasn't what YOU wanted to do.
and i LOVE that you are secure in that. and so i'll phase right into the next letter since i skipped yesterday.
U is for UNPHASED.
and you, son, are SO unphased by the things that bug most kids your age. thank you for that. it makes my life (and your dads) a little easier. LOL...everyone warned us about what it was going to be like to have teens in the house.
and maybe you are just UNUSUAL (ooooooh, see what i just did there?)...you ARE unusual...but it's in a good way :)
don't ever succomb to the pressure to be anyone but who YOU are.
because YOU, robert austin lee, are perfect just the way you are.
(now, go trim your fingernails).
hee hee.
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