Proud

I can't help myself. I feel unbearably proud of Leo. My sweet, sweet, beautiful boy. He graduated from 8th grade today, with a Gold Presidential Award for Academic Excellence. Look at the Obama signature in the bottom corner of that last picture. That's my boy. My sweet, loving, curmudgeonly, dryly funny sweet pea.

I know that all the people missing from his life, his four grandparents and his aunt, they would ALL be so proud of him. Most of all though, I can hear my mother saying, "Well, of COURSE he got that award, that's my Leo" with great satisfaction. I can just see her beaming face.

Congratulations with all my love Leo.