09/01/2026
I spent some time today trying to find photos from each of Henry’s 16 birthdays. I found all but 2006 and I’m sure I’ll obsess about that one until I find a photo on my mom’s Facebook or something. A couple of these are obviously first day of school pictures but that was right at the same time of year.
16 birthdays is a cruelly small number but looking back at these photos actually made me feel the abundance of our beautiful life together- we had a lot of fun with friends and family: Crew and Buckeyes and Wendy’s Gymnastics and The Lion King 3D. Gifts of books and puzzles, videos for his collection and then later dvds. I don’t quite remember the story with that Star Wars poster that he’s standing proudly in front of in 2009? But that’s our front door that it’s taped to so that was a special celebratory location.
Happy birthday Henry, we won’t stop celebrating you!!