The "nevers"

There are times when my mind gets stuck on certain thoughts.  One of the things my mind tends to get stuck on most is what I call "The nevers."  I leave these specifically to him and on this earth.  I hope some day in heaven I can do all the things on this list we were never able to do here on earth.

We'll never:
Hear him laugh
Hear his first word
Watch him roll over
Watch him crawl
See him walk
Watch him play sports
Embarrass him on his first day of school by taking pictures while getting on the bus for the first time
Teach him how to ride a bike
Teach him to tie his shoes
Take pictures before a school dance
Get a macaroni and paste project from school
Buy him school supplies
Pass out his school pictures
Take him to Disney World
Take him swimming in grandma and grandpa's pool
Stay up all night waiting for him to come home
Teach him how to drive
Watch him eat solid food for the first time
Watch him smash cake in his face on his first birthday
Take a family picture with him in it
Watch him open a present
Push him on a swing at the park
Take him to Chuck E. Cheese
Take him for his first haircut
Watch him in a school program
Go to a parent/teacher conference for him
Watch him graduate high school
Watch him leave for college
Watch him graduate college
See him get married
Disapprove of the woman he dates
Dance the mother/son dance at his wedding
Have grandchildren that are his children
Pay him an allowance
Watch him ride the dog
Play catch with him
Take him to a professional sports game
Take him trick-or-treating or dress him up for Halloween
Hide eggs for an Easter egg hunt
Get a picture of him with Santa or the Easter Bunny
Kiss a boo-boo
Potty train him
Know the true color of his eyes
See how tall he was going to be
See who he truly looked like more
Take him for a walk around the neighborhood in his stroller
Buy him ice cream from the ice cream man

I hope in the future, we're blessed with the opportunity to have another child.  We simply don't know the future and the future is filled with uncertainty.  We never imagined our future would end up this way but it has.  I hope one day to do the list of these things with his brother or sister.