It's time for another 5 minute Friday... even though today is Monday. This time we're writing about Growing. This is such an appropriate subject to write on in my life right now. Life is changing, things are moving forward and my babies are GROWING. Ashton just turned 8 a couple weeks ago, Angel will be 4 this weekend, and Andrew is going to be a teenager in 3 weeks. WOW. My babies really are not babies. And I feel older. I've been through 6 months of a deployment, single parenting my kids, running a household alone, and learning how to live my day to day life without my husband/partner/best friend by my side. He isn't completely out of the picture of course; we still email and yahoo chat as often as possible, but not having him physically here is quite a growing experience. My children are getting older; changing personalities; learning to deal with life without a Dad around 24/7. Everyday life has been an adventure, a challenge, hard, tough, rewarding... LOOOONG. I'm tired. Growing makes a person tired. There is a real reason why kids who go through growth spurts tend to take longer naps or sleep longer at night. It's EXHAUSTING. But it's worth it. You come out the other end of the growing experience a changed person. Hopefully changed for the better. Hopefully made stronger, more resilient, more sure in yourself and your choices. I really hope the end result of our Growing is all these good things. I really pray that things get better because of our Growing Experiences and things are made stronger. Specifically, I want our relationships to be better and stronger. I want my kids to depend on each other, and us, their parents, more. I want them to realize we've gotten through all this together, we've gotten older, and we are better for it. We just had a great Harry Potter Themed birthday party for Ashton on Friday and this Sunday we'll be having a Princess Tea Party for Angel. Then a couple weeks later it's Andrew's turn to have his first Teenager Party complete with music, food, and friends. Then we start actively preparing for our Soldier to come home to us again. So much Growing is still left to be done, and yet these events are ushering us into our next steps... I'm scared yet looking forward to these next steps.
I think I've gone over my 5 minutes. Once I started, the words just came and I needed to get them down. I love these 5 minute posts. I'll be back with more.
1 comment:
Wow, your posts are deep, and what I need (God is amazing, huh) at the very moment I read them! Yes, growing is hard work. It's tiring. I am so tired all of the time. Though my growing is different in that I have hubby here most of the time, I miss my Ethan. We are in a sense growing, and of course, learning to grow, without Ethan. It's tough work. Yes, we do learn from these challenges, and of course grow stronger in our walk with the Lord, but I think sometimes it seems like the growing takes a long time. Now I am rambling. Hugs! Thanks for this post!
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