the milestones
today is a big day. yesterday was a big day. friday is kind of a big day too. oh, and sunday. sunday will be kind of a big day.
in one sense the days are just days. they come and they go. time marches on. but my goodness this week is chock full of good things and a lot of emotion.
yesterday my baby girl turned 4. it just doesn't feel possible that she's officially out of any kind of toddlerhood that was left {which, if we're honest, there wasn't a whole lot of that in there any more anyway}.
and today. hold on tight today. today our little man starts kindergarten. kindergarten. how is that possible?!
i know that you might be thinking i'm crazy. i mean, i did know these things were coming. and i've known for months that they were coming back to back like this. but this mama's heart isn't quite ready to let him go.
because just like that - it happened. just like i was always told it would.
before you know it.
before you know it everything is different.
i'm grateful our kids our growing and learning, and discovering new things. i'm grateful i get a front row seat to who they are and who they are becoming.
and i'm really bad at letting go.
pile on top of the birthday and the starting school the fact that friday is our meeting with our social worker to renew our home study, and sunday is our anniversary, and you can just tie a ship of emotions to the dock for the week.
so. if you think of us this week, pray for us.
because the more i learn about myself, the more i learn that i need a lot of prayer.
there's so much more i could say about all of these things. but my kindergartener is awake, and i need to get him a good breakfast for his first day of school!
in one sense the days are just days. they come and they go. time marches on. but my goodness this week is chock full of good things and a lot of emotion.
yesterday my baby girl turned 4. it just doesn't feel possible that she's officially out of any kind of toddlerhood that was left {which, if we're honest, there wasn't a whole lot of that in there any more anyway}.
and today. hold on tight today. today our little man starts kindergarten. kindergarten. how is that possible?!
i know that you might be thinking i'm crazy. i mean, i did know these things were coming. and i've known for months that they were coming back to back like this. but this mama's heart isn't quite ready to let him go.
because just like that - it happened. just like i was always told it would.
before you know it.
before you know it everything is different.
i'm grateful our kids our growing and learning, and discovering new things. i'm grateful i get a front row seat to who they are and who they are becoming.
and i'm really bad at letting go.
pile on top of the birthday and the starting school the fact that friday is our meeting with our social worker to renew our home study, and sunday is our anniversary, and you can just tie a ship of emotions to the dock for the week.
so. if you think of us this week, pray for us.
because the more i learn about myself, the more i learn that i need a lot of prayer.
there's so much more i could say about all of these things. but my kindergartener is awake, and i need to get him a good breakfast for his first day of school!
xoxo
I love this post. Being present sometimes can be hard in the busyness of life. It’s good to stop and take it in like you are doing. That is the richness and depth of our journey! Happy birthday to Adele! What a special day for Keane! Mrs Sallie is cheering for him. Happy Anniversary and prayers for your family.
ReplyDeleteAppreciate the days- the special, the Mundane even the hard ones. Days and weeks can be long but the years fly!