When our oldest was about 8 months old he got a really nasty cold, I thought that was hard... then heard from some college friends that their 2 yr old had leukemia. When our middle child had recurring ear infections I thought that was hard... he didn't have to have tubes put in like our neighbor's boy. When our youngest kept having asthma problems as a baby I thought that was hard... then we met someone who had a baby with cystic fibrosis.
Amazing how God keeps me from whining!
The kids are now 20, 18 & 16. I am the most blessed of mothers... oops, don't even have that right, Mary was the most blessed, huh?!
All these years and I'm still learning that God is always trying to teach me something.
The latest lessons have been about letting the kids go.
When Nick left for college I bawled my eyes out. What a mix of emotions... excited and happy for him, his accomplishments and his future; but feeling like I was abandoning him when I left him at the dorm.
When Alex made the decision to finish High School at ChalleNGe Academy (https://challengeacademy.org/) I was proud of him for knowing how to get done what had to get done. Yet, I was torn having him away from me, under the control of people I didn't know. Now he is at BMT for the Air Force.
Gwen is only 16 and I'm already dreading the day she leaves for college!
Being a mom is hard. You would think that after all these years of watching God's faithfulness I would relax.
Nope! A mom's job isn't relaxation. However I do know better how to rest... In Him!
In Awe of Him,
Annie
