Tucking Grayson into bed the other night – “Mom, will you lay down with me for a few minutes?”. Who can resist that? I crawled into bed with the little guy, and promptly fell asleep. I didn’t sleep for long, maybe five minutes, but when I woke up, I was lying on my side looking at him in profile. It took my breath away how much he looked like Daniel in that moment.

I’ve had people tell me over the years how much he looks like Daniel and I’ve been able to see it most of the time, but he still looks just like Grayson to me. Occasionally I see a flash, so very clear, of Daniel when he was young, and it just jumps out at me. His appearance isn’t the most amazing part though. It’s his behavior. He was only 5 when Daniel passed away, so there wasn’t a lot of time for him to pick up Daniel’s habits…..however, he is his father’s son in so many ways it makes me laugh out loud.

My little guy is always right, knows everything about everything, and will argue a point until all other parties give up. He walks like him, has facial expressions like him, sticks his tongue out when he’s concentrating like him, etc. In other ways he doesn’t mirror his father, but the list is pretty short. He is Grayson, his own person with unique qualities, but he is definitely Grayson Dippel. A chip off the block, for sure!

Happy Tuesday!