When I was in my 20's and early 30's there were days when I thought I would be a mom to young children eternally. Now I am a few short weeks of being a grandmother for the second time and my 4th child is off to college this week! What happened? In my mind I am still 25, but one look in the mirror dispels that notion. It's a reflective time where I have spent a lot of time in prayer and thinking about or dialogging with friends of mine who have walked where I am walking. Saturday Lane and I went shopping for the entire day. It was good day and I told him there is something very satisfying about successfully raising a child. Don't get me wrong though, he is not gone and my heart misses him already.
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What joys ... and pain ... we have to deal with in this world! At least this pain you're suffering with this week (Lane leaving for college) is a 'good' pain, as opposed to two other kinds of pain Jeremy and I have been attempting to lend support to church friends through these past few weeks: a suicide and adultery. I pray that in the next few weeks you will make the 'joy choice' throughout the spectrum of emotions of your heart.
My eyes are full of tears.
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