Happy Birthday, Matthew Johndrow

matthewToday is my sons birthday.

I will not forget the first time I held my son. I watched him come into this world in the hospital in New Hampshire. Tiny. Pink. A boy.

It was at that time I recognized that I had two daughters and now I had a son. I already had two daughters. But now I had a son. I saw very quickly that my life with my son would be different than that life that I had with my daughters.

Amazing! A son is born.

Nearly every day of every week I have the pleasure of working with my son. We get to take walks, talk together and just hang out during our breaks. I get to see him a lot. It is a far different world for the two of us than it was just a few years ago.

Despite all the time we missed out on one another, I see a keeper of the faith and a holder of legacy.

I look at my son and I see the goodness of God expressed in my life through the quality of my son’s marriage and his family. Clearly it is like that with each one of my children, I am very proud of my son. He has the ability to go further and do more than I could ever dream of. Or maybe I could dream of but have come to realize that many of those things will be fulfilled in and through my children.

I am excited for what the future holds for my son.

Matthew…

Happy Birthday.

Written by Lee Johndrow

Lee Johndrow

Lee is the Senior Leader of Abundant Grace Fellowship Church in Keene, NH

He is the father of five wonderful children. Married for over 26 years to his wife Tina. Loving life with family, friends, faith, fun and food!

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