A Fine Young Man

He stands just shy of 6ft and 235lbs of muscle.Warrior, He was voted all conference his junior year with 102 tackles as a defensive lineman, 2nd only to his middle linebacker. He is a warrior on the field and is my stripling warrior!

Life is going by all too quickly and I feel myself longing for yester year. Oh my goodness, I just cant be happy. When I was a young mother of four, I found myself wishing and daydreaming for the day that the children would be independent and self sufficient and then when the day finally arrived. When my youngest started school. I found myself going CRAZY and trapped between four pristine very clean walls of absolute silence!! After two weeks of that I couldn't take it anymore and in an email from Gretchen I found my current time filler. I work for USAirways. Now, I find myself wishing for those days of 4 children under foot and only having to cart Warrior around. He is going to be a SENIOR next year! A senior. My heart aches already! It seems to be that magic number when they turn 12 that their lives just move at lightning speed. He is 16. When he turned 16, not but 2 wks later was he asked by a church member to take her to prom. Talk about a huge first date. LOL! He has always been a really good boy. I have always been proud of him and still am. I'm sure you couldnt tell? He wakes every morning on his own for seminary. Waking at 5:30 in the morning going to seminary and not arriving home until around 6pm because of football practice. He keeps all honor classes and carries a high GPA. YOu know the proud mommy I am, that if I knew his GPA it would be written. ::sad but true:: Anyway, what Junior takes Calculus?? I know I had to take algebra two years in a row! ::hangs head in shame:: His goal is to go to BYU and he would love to play college football. He plays defensive end but has been playing on the line and even middle linebacker. He stands a true 6feet and weighs about 220 pounds. Despite his teams poor record, Warrior is in the newspaper weekly being second on his team to most tackles. The position that he plays he shouldnt be second in tackles. His coach told the team that if everyone played as hard as he did we would be a winning team. He took the lunch box in his last game. The lunch box is a box that the Coach gives to the player that he feels worked the hardest and played his best. Spencer's goal is to keep the lunch box. His hours are long but he said that he feels strengthened by seminary. He is not perfect and he has inherited his fathers quality of being a great aggravator to his siblings. I know it is his way of showing his love and affection for them. ::keeps head buried deeply in sand::
Warrior still hugs and kisses me if I drop him off at school. He loves on me at church and always. I have the great pleasure of being his Sunday School teacher and Mr. Incredible gets to be his quorum advisor along with the other young men in our ward. The kids at church joke that they get the Solomon Special every Sunday.

My most favorite thing about Warrior is when he walks into the house every day, He will SCREAM:: Mama, Mama, where are you?? and he will search me out until he finds me. He then asks?? Did you miss me? and if I dont answer him or choose to ignore him, he will keep asking and keep poking me until I answer and then he asks Do you love me?? I always reply,"yes, Warrior, I missed you, and I love you"
and then he gives me this huge hug that just whispers to my soul that we did something right. I love that little stinker! I would have never guessed that that little 3lb 10oz boy would grow into such a "fine young man"! My only complaint is Warrior will not cut his hair. He says it is his heritage. Actually, he is afraid to have it cut because the last time he was suppose to have it trimmed and it was buzzed completely off. After the season, it WILL BE TRIMMED!