Having been blessed with two amazing daughters has been the
most significant part of my life. Everything else I have accomplished in my
life is really just icing on the cake, my girls were and continue to be “the
cake”.
And as if cake and icing weren’t enough, recently a new
addition to our family has added a much needed scoop of ice-cream! For a little
over a year now I have had the privilege of having a SON-in-law, which is
actually the next best thing to a having son; maybe even better. After all I
didn’t have to raise him or pay the high car insurance that boys normally have
to pay. I didn’t have to pay for his soccer shoes, his sports camps, play to
pays or the big grocery bill that comes with having boys (which moms of boys
have always told me all about). I have the reward without the work, which
rarely works out in life.
When I first met Coty…I just wasn’t sure. It’s always hard
when your kids start relationships. I didn’t really know Coty, he wasn’t a
‘River View Black Bear’; in fact he had graduated from that “other” school, and
was Red and Black all the way! He was nice enough…but just someone new and
different. The more I got to know him though, the more I genuinely liked him
and eventually loved him.
Today I feel very blessed to have Coty as my SON-in-law. He
has honestly become as much ‘my kid’
as my own daughters. We think alike, we make the same sarcastic comments (all in
good fun) and we both love trivia and playing games. He is helpful and willing
to put himself second to make things work out for someone else. But more than
this, I know that Coty loves my daughter and little grandson as much as I do.
He gives them his most precious commodity, his time. He helps clean, cook,
sweep, shop, and also works his full-time job. He plays with my grandson,
chases him, wrestles him and loves him. Without Coty, we wouldn’t even have
Grayson, and I can’t imagine a life without this little guy. In a way, Coty has
given my husband and I, a brand new role in life and whole new adventure in
helping to make us grandparents.
Even though I didn’t raise him, I have a bond with this
amazing young man. He is thoughtful and funny and is more apt to help me out
some days than either one of my daughters, a fact that makes me smile and frown
at the same time! I know I can count on Coty. This is a comforting thought
because I know that someday I will probably have to count on him more than I
will want too. Still I like knowing that when and if that day comes, he will be
there; and he will be there with grace and kindness because that is who
he is and what kind of man he will always be.
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