Condolences on Your Baby's Birthday

Ike-age 5

Someone needs to make a greeting card for the grieving parent of an 18 year old baby.

The 18th birthday of your last child is much like the 1st birthday of your first child:

• You are astonished that it happened so fast
• You wonder how you survived the first year (or 18 years)
• You realize that this is a huge moment in time, a reference point for the rest of your life
• There is cake
• And lots of wrapping paper
• You look at your husband and say "I can't believe we are at this stage of life!"

Except, at the 1st birthday party there are decorations, invitations, cards, wrapping paper and even birthday candles that say, "Baby's 1st Birthday!" It is mostly a party for the parents to celebrate that the child is healthy and happy and they haven't made any major parenting mistakes.

But lets say that you have 4 children and that last baby is finally 18, a day you thought would never come, there are no cards for that.

There needs to be a card for that. Something that says, "With Loving Thoughts on your Baby's 18th  Birthday". On the inside of the card it could say, "Although it may feel like the end of the world when this perfectly wonderful person you raised leaves you for what he thinks are much greener pastures, remember that he will always come back for money."

Or something like that.

Ike- 18 years old today.