Tomorrow we have a major life event taking place in our family. My oldest son Chandler starts middle school. Middle school… really? I mean, wasn’t it just last year that I was nervous about him starting 3rd grade? Ahhh, how quickly these kids grow up.
Mixed emotions elude from our family… excitement, yet nervousness… anticipation, yet sadness. We’ve had lots of talks this summer and I think he’s ready… I know he’s ready… it just the growing up that gets me most. He comes just above my shoulder & before long I will be looking up to him. I remember the first day I brought him home from the hospital. Holding him, looking into those blue eyes, thinking I never wanted that moment to change. I loved him with every being in my body. Rocking him to sleep, so tiny, so precious. Growing up was a distant thought in my mind. I was enjoying him being little and didn’t have to worry about that whole school thing for a long, long time. Before you know it, it’s here and now he’s a young man and I’m sending him off to middle school. To me this is huge. The beginning of a new era in our lives… the teenage years. The growing up, the forming of who he is, the making of a man.
“For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you & not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
Chandler, I know God is forming you to be the man you will become. Each day he molds & shapes you little by little. My prayer for you is to be the LIGHT in this world…be the difference in someone’s life. We love you sweet boy & are so proud of you! You are going to do great!!!
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