Today is Aaron's birthday. I could not go to bed without writing about this exceptional kid. Aaron is one of those kids I could write an essay about - but I will keep it brief.
For school, his teacher sent home a short form for us to fill out. She spotlights kids for their birthdays. One of the questions was "If I could be anyone in the world, I would be . . . . Because . . . . " I asked him the question and this was our
conversation?
Me: If you could be anyone in the world, who would it be?
Aaron:
ummm. Jesus!
Me: That's really nice. But I really can't write that. Besides Jesus, who would you be?
Aaron: Besides Jesus and Satan?
Me: Um. Ya. Besides Jesus and Satan.
Aaron: Myself.
Me: Why?
Aaron:
Because, I love myself.
And that pretty much sums it up. He has been loved by everyone around him since the moment he was born. Including complete strangers. We rarely go anywhere without some lady stopping and commenting on how beautiful his hair is. As a toddler he rarely sat with our family at
church. He took turns sitting with other adult friends (usually
ep). He is quick to make friends of all ages and loves his "old" friends as much as his "young" ones. And they love him. It's no wonder he has such a healthy self-esteem.
He is also smart as a whip. He taught himself to count to 100 and on and on by studying the page numbers in the hymn book during sacrament meeting. He is
extremely self motivated and will work and work on school work until he feels it is good enough. He is the only kid I've had that comes
to me to work on his reading. Earlier this week, I found him running on the treadmill. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was "training."
"For what?"
"We are running laps at school and I want to be the fastest."
To top it off, he is super fun and keeps us all laughing. I know I am not alone when I say he is one of my favorite kids ever.
Happy Birthday to an AWESOME kid!
