Trying To Look Like Jesus

I was so excited for him. He worked so hard for this and the time came for him to fly. He will soar!  I knew it would be difficult to leave my only son 539 miles away. I knew I would struggle not seeing him everyday. But I never imagined the punch in the gut when I saw his dark, empty room. I cried a bit on the road to Brooke's house. I broke down a little at Brooke's house. I was despondent on the road back home but thought I was doing pretty good! Then I walked into the house, toward the bathroom, and completely lost it. The sadness overwhelmed me all at once. It was as if the dam of my emotions broke through and there was no stopping the flood of tears that came. After a while, I emerged from the bathroom feeling lost as I wandered through the place that my Noah called home for the last 13 1/2 years. How am I going to get through this? The next day was no better. I woke with a heavy heart, worried about my only son sounding sad on the phone the day before. I...

It happened in a blink of an eye. My baby boy graduated high school and tomorrow he leaves for college. I should be happy, and I am but it came so quickly. It seems just yesterday I started homeschooling him and now he'll be leaving the nest. I hope he's ready to fly.  I'm scared I didn't prepare him enough. I afraid that he won't make it out there. What if the curriculum didn't prepare him enough. Did I take it too easy on him. Will he be able to cope with the rigors of college life.  When he's faced with temptation, will he give in? Here's where the rubber meets the road. Here's where we find out if all this "God stuff" stuck. Proverbs 22:6 has been my comfort in knowing that God sticks! Since he was six years old, we've trained him, taught him, prayed for and with him. We showed him the way he should go. So look out world! Noah is coming and he is ready to put his mark in this journey of life. He's ready. I am no...

Not really sure how it keeps happening. Time keeps getting away from me. Since last time we have celebrated five birthdays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and as of today I have graduated two from home school. Also, we had the family trip of a lifetime to Universal Studios in Orlando! We made so many wonderful memories. And we visited the college Noah will be going to this fall. I think he will do very well there. Noah will be going to Cedarville University and Brooke will be finishing her sophomore year of college. She made the dean's list this year and earned herself some grant money to pay for school. I'm so proud of her. Lily, my last homeschooler, will be a junior in high school this fall. I have official come full circle as it was just me and Brooke when I first began this homeschool journey. I can't believe how quickly eight years have gone!  I'm looking forward to having these last two years with my baby Lily. I'm praying that we will grow closer as...