Our oldest has always been our hardest.

Never slept great.

Always picking on his younger brothers.

Talks back a lot.

Super annoying a lot of the time.

However, something in the last ~6 months has completely changed.

He’s become a lot more mature. Helps around the house all the time. Babysits the younger kids without a complaint ever.

Went from Cs and Ds to straight As so far this school year.

Just overall a pleasant and helpful kid.

Honestly never saw this coming.

Super strong testimony.

Definitely still has his moments, but I’m just dang proud of him and how far he’s come.

He’s 13 1/2.

That’s all. Thanks for listening to my Ted Talk.