I look at his baby pictures and want to reach in and pick him up one.more.time. These 16 years have been such a blessing! He's been so easy to parent and such a delight!
He wanted to have his friends from the youth group over for a bonfire. We decided that presented a great opportunity to turn it into a surprise birthday party--and give him a dream gift.
Zachary has wanted a Taylor acoustic guitar for a long time. David found one on Craigslist that seemed to be a great one-- for a reasonable price--as Taylor's go. He contacted a friend from church, who's a guitar enthusiast,and asked him to go with us to look it over.
It was in nearly perfect shape and had the beautiful, full Taylor sound. Trey took it home, changed the strings, added some ebony bridge pins and shined it up. Zach couldn't believe that it was a Taylor and a 200 series. He beamed!
In the quiet of the night after everyone left, he came into our room last night and played "Beautiful Things," by the Gungor's. I hope I can hold that in my memory forever.
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