Adventures with Allie

My son turned 1. I knew his first birthday would make me sentimental. I expected a few tears, maybe a dramatic stare out the window, maybe a moment where I looked at him and wondered how time had the absolute nerve to keep moving.

What I did not expect was for the whole week to feel like my heart had been cracked wide open and filled with every version of him we have loved so far.

The baby we prayed…