"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6

Girl, I already feel like I have so much to say to you. But don't fret, I am not here to belittle you. That is not my job. My job is to welcome you into my family with open arms and as long as you show my baby kindness and faithfulness, it will always be that way.

Believe it or not, I want to be your friend. I want you to confide in me and trust me. I want you to feel loved and comfortable in my home. This may sound strange to you, but I'm praying for you already. Not that you and my son would last forever, but that my son will learn from you what God has put you in his life to teach him. I am also praying that you will find in him, and our family, a love like our Heavenly Father's love for us: never failing.

Right now, I am only 22. I cannot possibly imagine another woman coming first in his life. He is number one to me right now and will always be. But I never want you to think that because he is my heart and soul that I will always agree with the things he does. Know that if he hurts you or disrespects you, it will not be taken lightly. My daddy and his daddy have shown me what it is like to be loved like a woman should be and please have no doubt that he will be held to that same high standard.

Please understand that I am not a perfect mother. I will mess up. But please understand that when I do, I will be more devastated then you could ever imagine (not until you have children of your own). I look at you and I feel joy because you make him happy, but I also look at you and see my beautiful five pound five ounce, blue-eyed baby slipping away from me. So hang in there with me. I can't and won't lie to you—you scare me. I am terrified of how much power you hold in my baby's mind and thoughts. Please, please, please forgive me if I go a little crazy when he feels hurt. Dealing with my children's heartbreak will never be my strong point. But if you ever feel like I have over stepped or hurt you in some way, I pray that you will sit me down and talk to me about it. Our relationship is very important to me, and I hope you never doubt that.

Enough talk about girlfriends, I am now to the point (emotionally) where I can talk about the woman he will spend forever with. If you only knew how much you have been prayed for. I can't wait for the first time he comes to me talking about you. Hopefully, he and I will be so close that I know it's you. I can't wait for all of the things we will do together because for some reason, I feel like I will be in a house full of boys. (We will see!) But with that being said, I know that you will hang the moon in stars in his life. Just like he did for me. Know that I will spend my time wishing I could go back to when he was just a baby spending every minute with his momma. So excuse me if I get a little clingy every now and then. (Sorry!)

But I, strangely, hope to be clingy to you as well, because after you take those vows, you are my new child. I hope that I have instilled all of the characteristics and morals that you have always wanted. I have tried my best. Out of all the things I beg of you to remember, I hope that you remember that I was once his number one, too. He didn't want anyone but me. We ate, played, napped, cried, and laughed together. So don't take it lightly when I say that my son is my everything. And at one time, I was his everything.

I love you, and I am excited for all that you will be in his life.

Love,

Your Man's Mother