A transParent's Heart ~ Repost

As we slide into Spring and look toward the end of another school year, I can't help but think back. I read my post from back in August 2011. The emotions are still so bittersweet but the reality of living those feelings has been an unseen blessing. Oh how He loves us. And how much I have learned and cherished during the past seven months or so. The blessings and the lessons learned and the insights and the understanding has been so much more than I could have ever thought or imagined. Open the eyes of my heart, Lord, and bury the memories deeply inside...

Everything is changing...

She is moving back into her apartment for her senior year of college. Nothing too new except that she will never really come back home. She will move back for a few weeks to get ready for her wedding but she will be preparing for her new home and life during that time. She will be living out of boxes and busyness! Everything is changing...

She is moving into her dorm room. Her room is empty now. She will come back but it won't be the same. She will be a  young woman making her own choices, her own decisions, living her own life. She will be full of new adventures and stories that we aren't a part of. Everything is changing...

She left for high school this morning. Yes, she is coming back but her world just got bigger. She is surrounded by new things, new people and new choices. Her life at home will be different. There won't be someone down the hall to look at her outfit or to listen when mom just doesn't understand. She lives at the very end of the hallway upstairs. It will be a very quiet walk to her room now. Everything is changing...

Thank goodness their daddy loves me! It is all changing but it is all good. God is good. Life is good. Change is good. We are aliens in this world passing through to our permanent home. I have been given the privilege of loving, nurturing, teaching, exhorting, and molding these 3 incredible lives. It is a gift and I know it.  Just a season. The next part will be just as exciting and just as fulfilling but everything is changing...

She is ready. All the she's in my life. It is time. They are on the runway. Spread your wings sweet girls. It is time to fly! But know this... I will be standing on the sidelines cheering like crazy as I watch you go~

For I know the plans I have for you,” 

declares the LORD, 

“plans to prosper you and not to harm you, 

plans to give you hope and a future.

 Jeremiah 29:11