# @lifesadiscoball on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Blk8jfKFp1X
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8940378-lifesadiscoball-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/b5f1f6ad43.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-07-23T14:19:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Heather Petri (@heatherpetri) — https://gondola.cc/heatherpetri

## Caption

Witty, hilarious, intelligent, kind, adventurous, strong, brave, soulful, generous, compassionate and ALL heart.
This kid has always defied the odds and lived outside the box, deciding he was ready to enter the world six weeks early with fully matured lungs and a fierceness to get on with life. He was small, but has always been mighty.
If you’ve known us for a while, you know the battles we’ve fought and the hills we’ve climbed - him always teaching and leading me along the way. Even though he was the one at the forefront of the battle.
He’s a warrior. A kid who has lived with anxiety, depression, ADHD and several other diagnoses over the years.
He is not defined by these. They are just beautiful pieces of the puzzle that make him the most amazing human I have ever met.
Sure, he’s my kid. I’m supposed to say that. But if you know him, you know he is more wise and emotionally connected than many adults I know.
As a mom, I’m not sure I have any more of a clue of what I’m doing now, on his 16th birthday, than I did on the day he was born. But I know this, I love him fiercely, beyond measure. He is the greatest gift I have ever been given and will ever receive. And on his birthday, and every day for the rest of his life, I hope he remembers his own words he wrote five years ago, “Being you is being beautiful.”
Kid. You ARE beautiful. Happy Birthday. ♥️
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#noah #birthday #beingyouisbeingbeautiful #warrior #strong #strong16 #courageous
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Some pics by my beautiful niece @caitlin.harvey1

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beingyouisbeingbeautiful, strong16, warrior, courageous, noah, birthday, strong

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