Youth Sunday

Today was Youth Sunday at our church.  This means that our Youth Group, of which Rob is a part, are responsible for the entire Sunday service.  My Rob was responsible for playing the prelude (Speed of Sound by Cold Play) and also sang with the choir.  I was impressed that he was SMILING when he was up there singing.  Rob has always had a really strong fear response to  being in front of people doing anything.  His school assemblies all had that "deer in the headlights" look.  Even the small class events in his public school career had a pathos and desperation to them--it was evident with every fiber of his being that he HATED
what he was doing
Today was further proof of how far he has come in ten short years.  Years that have flashed by in the blink of an eye.   He also took time to introduce his grandmother who came down from the state up north to share this day with us--to his girlfriend.  Several of his former church school teachers commented to me on how much he has changed.  How they remembered that he never would speak and that now he has opened up and shared so much of himself.

I am so grateful.  I am beyond lucky to have this boy as my son.