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Today would have been Cole's 12th birthday.  I knew it was his birthday today, but it took me a few minutes to realize that it would have been 12.  That's a milestone birthday for sure - no more a kid, now a young man. Wow!  Cole was my Olympic baby -- it's been 12 years since the Olympics came to Salt Lake.  Sometimes I look back on the day he was born and the days immediately before and after and it makes me sad.  A couple of those memories are pretty painful.  On the other hand, some memories remind me of the tender mercies bestowed by a loving Heavenly Father.  Either way, I try to focus on the future and the knowledge I have of being reunited in the next life, because families are forever.  So grateful for the plan of salvation.  So grateful for a loving husband (who brought me flowers, by the way) and four wonderful boys to raise here and now.  Happy Birthday, little one!