Growing up....

Sunday, January 27, 2008

This week was one of those weeks you realize you are getting old and there is no turning back. My youngest son Jacob took two giants steps to adulthood. On Monday, January 21, he applied and was accepted to his first official job. He, like many others before him, will become a Starbucks Barrester. Great for me and Grecy, we will be enjoying many more Double-Short-Cinnamon-Dulce-Late and Double-Tall-Defa-Perpermint-Mochas... our two favorite drinks. In case you want to stop by and say hello, Jacob will be working at the Starbcuks in Miami Springs. You are going to have to call him to figure out when he is schedule to work.

In addition to his new job, on Thursday, he finally received his Drivers license from Florida DMV. Check these pics out!





As we drove around this week taking care of these two most important events, Jacob kept saying: "wow, I can't believe I have a job and my Drivers license". which I said, I can't believe it either.

You know what, time does go by faster than we can understand. Before we know it, life has past on by and if we are not careful, we can easily miss out on the many things God has for us.

Balancing life is my biggest challenge. I want this young man to always know among all the things that make up who I am, I'm a Father who wants to be there to experience moments like the ones he had this week.

In case you are wondering, no he is not driving all around town yet. He got his drivers license in Hialeah. If you see him driving towards you, get out of the way. We still have a couple of years to watch him grow into that responsibility. In the meantime, I will be taking him to Starbucks as often as I can and enjoying a nice cup of my favorite Starbucks drink... ala Jacob!