Ryans Birthday

 On December 7th it is Ryan's birthday.  He would be turning 20... that's just so hard to imagine when I only knew this little boy.

Every year on his birthday I put a poem in our local paper.  This is the poem I wrote several years ago that I used this year.

For five years old you did so much

so much for all you knew,

You we're not just a son to me

but my buddy and partner too.

We shared so many special things

a mother and son can do,

the arts and crafts,

Nintendo games,

are nothing without you.

So now I sit and wonder

will I ever paint again

or do those things we loved to do

without you here my friend