Wishes

My goals for this blog is to create a way for family members to keep up with Braylon and the lives he touches. I would also love for it to serve as an journal for Braylon to read when he is older. As a way for him to look back on what his life was like while he was going up. This post is something I have been thinking about since I found out I was pregnant. I think that everyone has dreams and hopes for their children. Growing up I always heard my parents tell me that they wanted things for me that they never had. That they wanted to give their children a better upbringing then what they had. Well, I would like to be able to say that for Braylon but I am not sure if it is possible. I had a very good childhood. I had everything I needed and then some. I had unconditional love and support and the ability to be a kid. Of course I want Braylon to have all of those but I am not sure if it gets better than that. I know Colin would like him to have a better childhood then he had. I know that he will. This post is about the wishes that we have for Braylon. What traits we hope he receives from each of us and what we want him to know. So I am going to write my first letter to Braylon.

Dear Braylon,

As you grow and change into the person you are going to be we want to share some stuff with you. We want to share the traits from each of us that we hope you receive (if you do not get them we will still love you) and the things about life we hope you know.

Braylon, dad wants you to receive his sense of humor, light hardness, low stress over small stuff, ability to talk to anyone and relate to them, his work ethic (mom thinks you should not work as much as he likes to though!), his ability to relax and unwind (leave work at work), cooking skills and his athletic abilities.

Mom would like you to receive her drive and dedication, confidence that you can do whatever you want in life, her eyes and intelligence, her laugh and love for life and finally her ability to have fun anywhere and in any circumstance.

We both hope you do not receive our stubbornness. And mom hopes that you are not a stressed out person like she can be.


More than the qualities from each of us that we want you to inherit, we want to tell you some things about you, us and life. No matter what we will ALWAYS love you. There is nothing you can do and no path in life that you choose to take that will keep us from loving you. You will always have unconditional love and support from your family.


Braylon, life is about taking chances and reaching for what you want. You have to reach for it but you can (we believe in you). Also, you can be WHATEVER you want to be in life. You can be an artist or the President or anything and everything inbwtween. Just know that any choice requires hard work and dedication. We want you to have a passion for something and to follow that passion. It will lead you to finding your true niche in life.

We want you to know that you can always come to us about anything. And we mean ANYTHING! We will not judge you and would rather have you safe. Trust us we have probably done whatever it is you are going to do or have done. Okay, well your father probably has already done it, but we understand what happens in life.

Finally, there will be bad days in life and as we were told 'life is not fair'. But there will be some really good days too. The bad days just make the good ones that much better. You are in charge of your life and only you can make it turn out a certain way (a very scary but liberating thought). Work hard and you will not be let down.

Love,
Mom and Dad