My darling Michael

A friend of mine just posted a blog where she discussed only one of her four children. He has been her most interesting child and she talked about his personality so intimately that you immediately related and fell in love with him. (thanks Theresa). It got me thinking that I should probably do the same with one of mine.

Being a mom of four it is so different to think of them in isolation of the other siblings. Usually if I am talking about one of them the other three work their way into my conversation also. Thus the age-old challenge of those with a pluthera of children, how to relate to them one-on-one ; apart from the group.

So we come to my darling Michael. I don't remember him being that much different from the others as a baby. It wasn't until his pre-school years that I realized that he had a different personality than I was used to raising. It may be that this was when his brother entered his life and he became the middle child.....

He is definetly a sensitive child and wears his heart on his sleeve. He feels every single emotion with every part of his being. Thus he is able to love completely without abandon, but he is also able to be hurt and devastated completely.

He cries at the injustice of the world ("but why didn't that man stop and let the ducks cross the road, mom?") and at sad parts of movies (When Lightning MacQueen left his friends on route 66 you would have thought his best friend had died.)

Seri and Isaac are very easygoing and adaptable and I have to remind myself that not all children are alike, even when they are in the same family.

Michael makes friends with his peers very easily and within minutes can have a new best friend. He is also able to brush things off that may have hurt his feelings, things I would have been really upset about he just shrugs off and forgets. He is very quick to accept and forgive.

However he is not shy about letting others know how he feels, usually it is when he does not want to do something or when he is fighting with his siblings.

He is amazing with computers and loves all things electronic.

Michael is a very picky eater which leads to the same dinner conversation almost every night. "I don't want that". "I don't care, you need to eat some of it". And on and on it goes. He just knows what he likes and doesn't often deviate from his chosen food groups (guesse he is a lot like me).

You can see his love for you a million miles away. In his smile, his eyes.....it's always there. Curling up with mom and dad, an arm around his brothers shoulder, or curling into his sister's arms for comfort when something has made him sad.