My favorite son was born on April 26th, so this day is not just special for him — it’s important for me as well. He let me know in no uncertain terms that he DID NOT want cake and ice-cream to celebrate. I think I might stick one candle in a packaged danish, light it, and sing to him anyway.
I’ve already given him his gift. Anything from Tommy Bahama and he’s a happy guy. It’s only fitting that I share my most recent photo of him on his birthday, right?
I don’t remember having a girl’s name even picked out!
Ben was born before the days of ultrasounds and baby reveal parties. Back then, the sex of a baby was “determined” by someone holding a string with a pencil tied on the end over a pregnant woman’s belly. Up and down is a boy, and side to side is a girl. My doctor guessed I’d deliver a girl and my nurse in the hospital said she thought I was having a boy. Neither used the pencil method and I didn’t see them flipping coins. I honestly didn’t care.
Benjamin Scott was almost Jonathan Max. Both first and middle names belonged to a relative. Jerilyn took the name Jonathan for her son 3 years later after our Grandpa McKain. No way would I have picked either Dad’s first or middle name… my brother is already Dallas Scott — and I couldn’t pin the name Maynard on my kid. That would’ve been worse than Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue.”
Happy, happy birthday to Ben — may you live many years after I’ve gone. ❤️
Now you know: The most famous people born on April 26th include William Shakespeare and Carol Burnett.