Take it from here........

I heard the song, in the link below, over the summer with my friend Francie, and heard it again this morning after dropping Nick off to school. I must warn you, this song will cause excessive leakage from your eyes. I realize that when you are starting out as a parent, especially during the younger ages, that you think they will never grow up and become independent beings, and then when they do you wonder where all the time has gone. "Slow down" could have been written by any mom, Nicole Nordeman did such a wonderful job of putting our words in such a beautiful arrangement, I hope you listen to it and come to love it as I have.

Some of you have children already gone either out into the big world or college, some of you are facing the senior year in the chapter of your child's life and for some those moments are just around the corner. As our children face these phases of their lives with excitement, eagerness and anticipation, we face them with joy and sadness. We give so much of ourselves to the responsibility of loving, guiding, kissing boo-boos,  and helping them become dependent and responsible adults while still trying to allow them to be kids too. We are filled with happiness as they reach each milestone, but we are also filled with sadness knowing that we will no longer be a part of their each and every day or them ours. The joys and pains of motherhood are all too real, perhaps this is why this is the hardest and yet one of the most important roles as we try to raise little people, still growing ourselves.

These transitions can be difficult, for mothers and children, learning to face the day without one another, growth is demanded from each of us. These are the moments that we, as moms, have to take the hand of our children and place both our hand and their hand in the hand of our loving Father. If you are like me there is no one, not even their father, that I trust can keep my children safer than I do and as much as we say or  believe that I trust God with them, the moment has come when that is all I can do.

I can't give you peace or strength as you face these moments in your life, but I can pray for peace and strength from our loving Father to carry you through these moments. I have always believed that motherhood is one of the greatest callings on our lives, and we have never been alone in this calling and we won't be alone as the role of this calling changes. We will continue to speak into our children's lives  as adults, but the greatest thing we can do for our children is give them to a loving Savior who will be apart of their each and every day as we daily whisper their names into the ear of our Father, who will always be there , to provide them with comfort when miles are between us, peace when the world becomes too busy and noisy, and strength when life feels to heavy to bare. Pray for your children it is the best way to stay connected to them and to the One who will take it from here.

Slow Down"