If you have been following, I am doing a series on allowing your kids to follow their passions. In part 1, I talked about Are you Cultivating, encouraging or Discouraging??
In part 2, I talked about our son's dream coming full circle!
In part 3, I continued my discussion on what he had done next and how his passions had expanded!
In part 4, I talked about His excitement for his display, making the local news and his continued work with the Titanic!
Since it's the 105th anniversary of the Titanic and the 20th anniversary of the 1997 Titanic film by James Cameron, I thought I would give you an update of what's happened and how his life has come full circle! Not only is this HUGE but it's monumental!
In part 2, I talked about our son's dream coming full circle!
In part 3, I continued my discussion on what he had done next and how his passions had expanded!
In part 4, I talked about His excitement for his display, making the local news and his continued work with the Titanic!
Since it's the 105th anniversary of the Titanic and the 20th anniversary of the 1997 Titanic film by James Cameron, I thought I would give you an update of what's happened and how his life has come full circle! Not only is this HUGE but it's monumental!
First of all, Joshua did do his display again at our local library. It's better, more improved and has even different things added to it. He put a tremendous amount of thought and effort into it.
THEN, About a year and a half ago, Joshua heard about A Titanic Gathering in Belfast holding a convention in Belfast, Ireland in April 2017. He asked if I wanted to go, which was so sweet of him. I did consider it but decided it was best if I didn't for more than one reason. He really pushed ahead to go and even met up with a friend that he's known for a while through his Titanic groups. He got everything ready to go and left April 8th to fly into London, England UK.
He arrived early in the morning of the 9th in London, England, and began his Titanic tour. He toured some of London and then he and a friend (a fellow Titaniac) took a train from London to Southampton, UK. Southampton is the beginning point of the Titanic's voyage and the engineers and many of the crew were from there. He will spend a couple of days there and then fly to Cobh, Southern Ireland (used to be Queenstown). (The second stop was Cherborg, France but they were unable to fit that into their trip this time). They will spend a couple of days in Cobh and then take a train, 7.5 hours up to Belfast, Northern Ireland/United Kingdom. He will spend the remaining time there. He will be with people he's met in person and people he's only met online. He will be amongst about 150 survivor families and so many. We are utterly shocked at how well known he is in the Titanic community. He's one of THE leading upcoming young leaders in this field. We encouraged him and told him that he might as well, while he's single, not tied down and is a little more flexible.
So, young mom's with little ones: I know you are going to get discouraged. TIRED of hearing about the same thing over and over and over. You are going to WANT for them to MOVE on........please talk about something else. You will be frustrated and worn out. Let me encourage you.....Your children are only young for a blink. It will go by in a flash. I miss Joshua coming in, excited about his schooling and a new book or topic.
I MISS music in my home. Eventhough it was SO hard to listen to the SAME songs for 6-8 hours a day on the piano, I MISS it. He's grown now at 23. He works fulltime, 3rd shift for a great company but we don't see him much anymore. Sometimes I only see him for 5 minutes or so. This is THE first time I have missed any major thing dealing with the Titanic. Not really feeling sorry for myself, I just miss when he was younger and we had more time. He's grown now and we are enjoying watching him flourish and blossom. I am trying to enjoy all I can before a sweet young lady comes along and captures his heart one day.
(our family on April 8th getting our last hugs and goodbyes to Joshua before he left for his trip)
Here's a photo of Joshua IN Thompson's Dry Dock in Belast, Ireland. This is where the Titanic was built. He's there on the 105th Anniversary of Her sinking.
So from one mom to another, TAKE A DEEP BREATH!!! SLOWWWW DOWWWWWWWWNNNN. Please! Savor it. Say NO. Don't be TOO busy. Play more. Say No. Know your boundaries. Read more. Turn off the computer, Facebook and/or the TV. Forgive more. Love more. Enjoy all of your time, good and bad. Because one day, you'll be where I am. The below video explains where I am right now.
His baby brother is graduating and this phase of our life is coming to an end. I am trying to enjoy their moments as much as possible because I don't want to miss anything. If you are too busy trying to "keep up with everyone else", you will miss it. You will blink and it will be gone and over. You will miss the little moments. The funny moments. The moments they need you to comfort them and not someone else. The "hey mom" moments. I know I don't want to miss it.
UPDATE: February 2025: Our son's dream and passion has come full circle. He now has a few of his pieces from his collection on Display at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge. More of his pieces will go up at a later time. Parents: you NEVER know looking back where that passion will end up going. If you would like to visit his website, you can go to Titanic Legacy and look at the rest of his collection. We're so very proud of him!!
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