I remember when he was born I was staying up late waiting to hear if he had arrived into our world. My brother K finally called as I was sitting in the living room watching Sibyl at the middle of the night, it was late is what I remember and my parents were already in bed.
Spence brought a lot of changes to my personal relationship with my step dad (his grandfather). A few months before that I can say we pretty much had a very rough patch in our lives. Mr. E was pretty hard on me with all these sudden rules of what I could and couldn't do.
However, once Spence was born our relationship improved A LOT. I think it is true when people are happy they forget about the other stuff.
Spence was a smart kid from the getgo. I remember when he was about 4 or 5 and he started to educate me about dinasours. I remember him asking me if I knew something and I was like huh? He just proceeded to tell me the answer and I was like oh, yeah I know that.
Then there was that time he was in middle school and in band and he played at Disneyland. Being an annual passholder I went and met him and some of his friends. I bought them lunch or dinner and walked around a little. When it was time to say bye I started to go in for my usual hug but I hesitated and withheld because I didn't want to embarrass him with his friends. I mean what teenage boy wants to hug his aunt in front of his friends - not cool right? Well I learned the next day that he DID want to hug me - he DID NOT care and he thought he had done something wrong. Talk about learning a lesson about hugging my nephew.
I also remember that for one of my birthday dinners he made me my birthday dessert with his new torch. It was yummilicious.
This baby that was born 25 years ago today is now a man. A man who is in law school and there is no doubt in my mind will do his best to make this world a better place. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to be part of his life as his aunt; and more so that he is always willing to talk with his family and just be there. I hope he knows how much I love him and that my life would be so different without him in it; as he has taught me so much.
Oh and before I forget, I love how he once told me at one of my birthday partys that he would take care of me when I was old. While that was almost 14 years ago he still remembers I am counting on him to buy me an elegant apartment with a nurse to take care of me.
Happy Birthday Spencer!!!
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