Jonathan, My Adult Son

   We recently celebrated a birthday here. Jonathan turned 18. It is kind of crazy that now half of our children are adults. But we could see it coming. Jonathan has grown and matured in so many ways in the past couple of years that it isn't hard to consider him an adult - in most ways he totally acts like one.

  I won't say that teen years have been super easy, Both Jonathan and I have had to work together to figure out how it works to have a son grow up. There is an interesting learning time of a child (and I think maybe especially a son with his mother) becoming more independent and making their own choices and the parent still guiding, still deserving respect and obedience too but yet really allowing the child to step out on their own. I have felt the learning curve of this most with Jonathan but I think it has truly caused us both to grow a lot spiritually and I am so thankful for the man he is today.

  Jonathan has always been my serious guy, the lover of rules (and really loving getting to make them) , the child that always likes things neat and orderly. He is very much like his Dad. When he is passionate about something he can be rather intense and work super hard at it. If he is not passionate about something he can be challenging to inspire. He likes to focus intensely on the task at hand and doesn't much appreciate getting interrupted when he is in "the zone". He tends to be incredibly responsible. At his places of employment his employers tend to give him a lot of responsibility and have wished he was older at times so that they could give him more (he doesn't work at Burger King any more but when he was there at 17 they told him he could be a manager as soon as he turned 18).

   In this last year of school at home Jonathan is working to start a business doing something he is passionate about - Videoagraphy. He would like to do wedding, real estate, business and music videos for others. If any of you live in this area and need any of those services he would be happy to give you a good deal as he gets his business going.

Jonathan is a dreamer, a hard worker, a serious student of God's word and he loves Jesus Christ. I can't wait to see how God uses him.