He's the KING!

You'd have thought I'd have been all cried out. When I got the call yesterday morning that, based on the voting, Alec was part of Riverton's Homecoming court, I hung up the phone and cried. (They were happy tears.)

I had the privilege of escorting Alec out onto the football field amidst the students' chants of "Alec. Alec. Alec." Sure enough, when they announced that he was the 2010 Homecoming King, all I heard was a pretty deafening cheer from the students. That overwhelming love and support re-started those darn tears! I ended up on the stand in front of hundreds of students (and parents) bawling my eyes out.

All I could think was that when they told me (a few hours after his birth) that Alec had Down syndrome I cried. I cried because I worried that he wouldn't have any friends, and that kids would be mean to him and make fun of him. Never, in my wildest dreams did I EVER imagine that I would one day stand and watch Alec be crowned high school Homecoming King in front of his peers who were cheering insanely loudly for him.


The tears are still coming. Maybe they'll never stop.

And, Alec, you'll always be a King in my book!