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William Isaac McKinnon (born May 21, 2002)

Happy Birthday today to my 2nd born, Will McKinnon.  Will is 6-years old today.  This is a picture of him in his wild, crazy personality, hugging his older brother on the beach.  (photo by Chris Moncus).

Will is such a hoot.  Let’s see … right now, he’s in monkey stage.  This kid climbs everything.  If we go to the baseball fields, he’ll climb the chain link fence all the way to the top behind the plate if you aren’t careful.  He’s scaling walls now .. he’s tall enough to spread out his hands and feet in the threshold of the doors in our house and shimmy up to the ceiling.  He’s 100% boy – he’d rather be destructive and tear something up instead of play with it.  Give him a stick, and he’ll either make it a gun, or use it to bang into a tree, or hit something else with it.

He’s sometimes a loner.  When everyone is outside playing, it’s not uncommon for Will to wander off and do something by himself.  Sometimes that upsets Joy and I because we wonder if he’s being left out .. but he makes the choice to go be alone.  Maybe this is his God-given “bend”. We frequently ask God to show us his “bend” so that we can pray him in the right direction.

Will is a clown, big-time.  He’s so funny.  Sometimes, he’s quite the strong-willed child.  He’s not one to really open up and say what he thinks always.  If something is bothering him, he usually doesn’t speak up too much about it (as compared to his older brother, who will have a drama over it).

As I type this and look at this picture, my heart overflows with love and passion for this kid.  I’ll never forget us being pregnant with him.  As the time for delivery drew near, I was afraid – I didn’t see how I could have any more love to give, after having my first son.  As much love as we had for our first kid .. how could there POSSIBLY be anything left for a 2nd (and a 3rd, and a 4th).  With each child, our hearts doubled in size, giving us that much more love to share.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILL – YOU ARE AWESOME, and I LOVE YOU TONS, my CHAMPION!