Today, we celebrated Daniel’s birthday. It is hard to believe that my middle boy is legally an adult. I suppose it is about time I made my peace with it, since he has towered over me these last several years.

We bought Daniel an older black VW Jetta Wagon (2003) to celebrate this momentous occasion. He was rather surprised, as you can imagine. After the little Honda was rear-ended and totaled (not Daniel’s fault), I had promised Daniel a share of the insurance money toward a replacement car, with the understanding that he would save a matching amount. But as his birthday approached, Kathy and I determined to surprise him with a car of his own.

Daniel was quick to embrace his surprise birthday gift.

We’ve had the car for more than a week, craftily parked at our friends’ house. I ran around replacing one of the tires and getting the radio antenna fixed. Then this morning we wrote a birthday message on the car and parked it in the driveway.

Kathy sent Daniel out with some recycling — his reaction was priceless.

We are so proud of Daniel. He is making good choices, being faithful in attendance to his classes at Clover Park Technical College, pursuing his relationship with the Lord and cheerfully helping around the house.

And now he has his own wheels. No more waking up at the crack of dawn to drop me off at the train station. No more sharing a van with Kathy.

Happy Birthday, Daniel!

Project 365, Day 105
Tim

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