To the Erst While Child

Yesterday was a great day The Erst While Child  Graduated From College.
Here he is between the Footless Man and I.  He looks so handsome and grown up it breaks my heart.

Here he is in funny hat and dowdy dress and antique style clothing.  He always did have a style of his own.
you can watch his work

 and marvel at how much he can do.
So as a last thing to tell him because I can't tell him much, here is this;

--Mother to Son, Langston Hughes

Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor --
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
‘Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now --
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

It wasn't a crystal stair for him either.  Congratulations Child O Mine you done real good.
Love, Mom