Q is for Q

I'm going out of town for a few days, and won't have access to a computer, so I thought I'd type this up early and get it in the queue, and ready to link up to Jenny Matlock's alphabet meme on Thursday.

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This week's post is about Q.  My baby, not the letter.  My youngest little one.  Who happens to be 6'1"!  And who turned 21 on Mother's Day this year.  His name isn't really Q.  That's just his initial.  But, somehow, that became his "cool" nickname.  So, we went with it.  I gave him his daddy's middle name.  It means "fifth", or "holding five", and he made our family five.

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His dad was the fifth child in a Catholic family, and all the boys got saints' names for their middle names!  So, our Q is indirectly named for a saint.

A depiction of the atrocities suffered by Saint Quintinus

the Martyr.  Learn more about Saint Quintinus here, at the 

Persecuted Church website.

We are so proud of our Q!  He's just one of those bubbly, good-natured people.  Of course, that effervescence got him in trouble a few times in school!

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His teachers loved him, but sometimes, if Q was home sick, I think they enjoyed the peace and quiet.  My husband has always said, if we could just bottle up the "feel good" chemicals in Q's brain, we'd be millionaires.  But, actually, we are pretty rich. 

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Q was my happy baby.  And he was a happy toddler.  And a happy preschooler.  He was just a happy kid!  There were a couple of years where hormones wreaked some havoc, but fortunately, with his cheerful disposition,  he handled those days with grace.  His father and I were grateful. (And lest you think we got off easy, just remember he's not our only child!)

The day before his twentieth birthday, Q graduated from college.  He received a math degree and a bio-chem degree (the math and science genes did not come from me). Now, a year later, he is a computer science grad student, and he is preparing to apply to med school.  When I asked him why he is pushing through school so quickly, he said it is because he really doesn't enjoy school, and wants to put it behind him as soon as possible!  Okay then.

So, you're at a concert, and have the chance to meet the band

and get some autographs, but you don't have anything to

write on?  No paper? No problem! 

Everybody remembers Q, and he remembers everyone he has ever met!  He's a memorable "rememberer".  Which means, no matter where you go with him, someone will say "hey Q", or he will say "hey you"!

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When Q was growing up he was long and skinny, and very white, with fluffy white blond hair, so, it was inevitable that somewhere along the line he would pick up another nick-name-- "Q-tip".  Now, I know there is another famous person who uses the same nick name, but the other "Q Tip" really doesn't resemble a q-tip at all, so I just don't get it....  

There is a famous director, whose movies I love, who shares Q's given name.

When Q was about six years old, purely by coincidence, a new partner joined my husband's company, and he had the same name, and the same nick name!  It could have been a recipe for confusion, but the New Q came up with a solution.  When the two were together, we referred to little Q as "Lower Case Q"!

I supposed it doesn't matter too much what we call our Q, and who else uses his name,  because to his mother, he will always be a saint.

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Okay, I know this halo is crooked.  I also know my Q isn't actually a saint, (I'm not really one of those moms) and if I didn't know it already, his siblings would be sure to "clue me in", but it's nice for a mom to pretend sometimes, right?  And he is a pretty good kid!