Two weeks ago my precious baby boy turned thirteen! I remember just yesterday gazing up at him from the hospital bed. The memory is permanently etched in my brain. The first time our eyes met. His first glance at this strange world and the only voice he knew whispering "Hello, my sweet baby boy." His big brown innocent eyes trying to focus on me. I felt at that instant an overwhelming surge of love, joy , happiness and fear come over me! Yes - FEAR! I was now responsible for loving, protecting, and nurturing this precious child.
Well, thirteen years later and with the priceless help of his father I must say we have done something right! Oh yes, we have made lot's of mistakes in the parenting game. With mistakes comes learning, right? At this moment I feel confident that K will grow to be a God loving, responsible, and successful adult.
I know, he just began the teenage years........ oh, what lies ahead? I have been told that after your child goes through these years you will not be sad to let them go out in the world on their own! I'm not too sure about that!
My other precious son is celebrating his 10th birthday today! Oh what a ten years that has been! Lot's of laughter and tears raising L! Thankfully we have a few years to prepare for those dreaded teenage years with him! I trust God has special plans for his adulthood!
I love my children, as you love yours, with all my heart and soul!
Can we even imagine how much Our Heavenly Father loves us?
4 comments:
We are blessed aren't we? My heart burst with the love that I have for my 2 kids (23 and 12). It is hard to imagine that God could love me even more than that.
Peg,
I have tagged you on my blog!
JB
Great post, Peg. I'm glad you sent me to it. My oldest turned 10 a week ago, and I had to have a cry over that one!
They grow so fast, don't they? (sigh)
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