This is my son Ransom.

Eleven *gasp* years ago.

I had to buy him shoes from the men’s department for the first time last week. I teared up and demanded that he stop growing immediately. It feels like he was just born the other day! He told me to pull it together, because we were in public. Then he patted my arm.

If you are holding a baby this Christmas, hug him tight. Tomorrow you’ll be buying him man-shoes.