Visiting colleges, learning about scholarships and financial aid, ACT's and SAT's, big school or small school, tutoring, AP exams, dual enrollment, GPA, class rank, transcripts, applications, etc.........if any of these terms are familiar to you, you probably are embarking upon your child's senior year in High School. This is where I am right now......like it or not. Some days I embrace it and know that Dan and I have prepared Landon well. Other days, my heart hurts. Where did the time go? How did we get here? Is he ready? How will I cope? It is extremely bittersweet and my thoughts and memories swirl in my mind from when he was a small boy with sweet smelling skin and fine curly hair. How can time move so slowly sometimes and other times there just isn't enough of it??
This year ahead will be a time of getting ready. Emotionally getting ready for me. Grasping onto the fact that my house will be different, my dinner table will have less people, there will be no fighting between brothers, a bedroom will be empty and I will have less laundry. The year ahead will also be a time of getting set. Preparing to be set to release my son to begin another chapter of his life, meet new friends, strengthen his faith, fall down and get back up without me there, and fully blossom into the man that God created Landon to be. As I grapple with my heart and emotions during this special time, hopefully come next August, I will be ready to let go. This blog will be instrumental in expressing the plethora of feelings that I am sure to experience throughout this journey. I am relying on God to prompt me to blog about sentiments that I want to remember during Landon's senior year. I also am trusting Him to lead and guide me each step of the way and always remembering that He is in control.
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