Zack is turning 18

Well where do I begin??!! My first born will be turning 18 at 11:57a.m. tomorrow morning (1/17) Just so hard to believe. When I brought him into the world I was a single mommy living with my parents and sister. My mom was by my side the whole day. She held my hand and helped me through.
So on January 17th 1994 during an ice storm (and one of the largest earthquakes in LA) I brought Zachary Robert Reeves Scott into the world. I was induced into labor at 7:00 that morning once dad got us safely to the hospital. Once they induced me it sure didn't take him long to get here. I pushed for less than a half hour and hello world.
He came to us weighing 8lbs 9 ounces. He was 21 inches long. When he got here and my dad talked with me and my mom his words were, "hot damn I got a grandson" Keep in mind the entire time I was pregnant they told me he was going to be a girl. I had so much pink stuff!!!! My sister was only 8 years old at the time. When I told her it was a boy she told me to send him back. Which is really funny now since they are and have always been so close. Once I got him home she played with him like he was her baby doll!!!
Zack as I called him was always a good baby. His dad and I weren't living together at the time. Henry would call me each night at 9p.m. like clockwork. Well Zack would cry and fuss so until I hung up and then he was fine. So he was giving Henry a hard time from day one! He didn't have colic, he slept through the night early, he ate well. I was very blessed.
So here my little guy began to develop and become his own little person. My daddy called him Wobble head forever. He pestered his little brother to death when he came along. He was always my little helper. He never resisted a dare from the older kids and just became the entertainer.
When he was in 1st grade he had seizures the second day of school and was sent to Brenner's Children Hospital in Winston Salem. We were there for 8 days and that was the longest week of my life. We came to find out that he had viral meningitis. Never wanna have to deal with something like that again but thankful for the doctors, family and friends that were there.
So anyway Zack became my soccer player, polite helpful, funny, shy, smart, handsome young man! I am so very proud of him and the person he is becoming. He has dreams of going into law enforcement. At one time he has considered the military. I will support him in all he will do in life. I just cannot believe how fast the years have gone by. I have not always been the best mom to him and his brother.
I love this young man more than anything in this world. He makes me proud and I pray his life as he graduates this year offers him everything he wants. I pray he leans on God for all his needs. I pray that all his choices are ones that will let him look in the mirror with confidence.
I hope he knows as I have told him his whole life I love him more than the moon, the sun, and the stars in the sky!!!

My Oldest Son
From the first time you clutched my finger in your tiny hand,
I knew I was in love.
It was if you were squeezing my heart too.
I have never felt a love so pure and true.
And I would not give it up for anything in this world.
You are my love, My life, My first born child and I Love You!