They pulled a fast one on me!

For months, I have been mentally preparing myself for February 25th. On February 25th, my baby turns 12 years old. On February 25th, my baby graduates from Primary-- and moves into mutual. I have secretly been dreading February 25th, and trying to keep it as far away as possible. So, you can imagine my horror a couple weeks ago when I was informed that, instead of waiting until February 25th, they were going to go ahead and move Cameron out of Primary and into Young Mens on January 1st. As I stood there suppressing a mommy-panic-attack, I smiled and nodded, and even though the words in my head were screaming, "WHAT??? Wait just a minute... I was guaranteed more time. What about February 25th? He isn't ready to grow up!" --  the words that actually came out of my shocked mouth were, "OK, that sounds good."  The truth is, it isn't Cameron that's not ready for the change-- he is more than excited to be done with primary and in mutual with his friends. The hard cold truth is,  its me that wants to keep him small. If I had it my way, I would put him back on the front row with the Sunbeams. However, I don't get to have it my way (which is probably a good thing). So, even though it is not yet February 25th (grrrrrr...) , I now have a wonderful, kind, smart, tall, ever-growing son in Young Mens. How did this happen so fast? I am tremendously proud of him and the Young Man he is becoming. He has such righteous desires, and is a great example to me.