Over a year ago I wrote a blog entitled “Flying the Coop” (you can read it here:http://iwascreated2worship.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/flying-the-coop/) It was about my daughter who decided it was time to move out of mom and dad’s house. That was a very emotional blog for me to write. I remember writing it and crying at the same time. Tonight, I am doing the same.
Well today I am sitting here with the house quiet (finally) pondering what will happen in 1 week. What? I’m glad you asked! One week from today my daughter will become a mommy and I will become a Gigi. One week from today her whole life will change and another life will begin. One week from today a little one will enter a world of chaos, confusion, and very little morals. One week from today a 7 pound little boy who will be named Bentley will steal my heart away.
This has been a long journey the past couple of years with my daughter. I will not go into details, but it has not been easy. We have raised her to be a respectable human with good morals. I would love to say she has been perfect and never made mistakes. That is not so. She, like all of us, has made her share. I just pray that she has learned from them. I have had my heart broken watching her make those mistakes and wondered at times what I did wrong. Above all of that though I know a God that does not make mistakes. I know He has a plan for good in all things. I know that no life is a mistake. Knowing in one week her world will be altered forever, I pray these things for her:
That she will learn that she has never felt love until she looks at her son.
That she will learn that she needs to cherish every moment with him because time goes way too fast.
That she will know she is beautiful and deserves nothing but the best from the man God made just for her.
That she will instill morals and hard work into her child.
That she will know she has a family who is always here for her.
That she will know after looking at her son how full my heart has been made by her and her brother being born.
That she will know she has a savior who offers forgiveness and mercy.
That she will instill into Bentley that same fact and raise him to be a Godly man.
That she will know, that no matter what….she will always be my little girl….and I will always be her mommy…
The Youth Rebellion said,
September 24, 2011 @ 2:50 pm
All you can do is pray for them and advice them when they will listen. Be an example and she will learn how to be a great mom like you already are. Its hard when they go out on their own, I speak from experience, but you have to trust that what they have learned from you will stick with them. You have to entrust them to God’s hands.
iwascreated2worship said,
September 25, 2011 @ 2:31 am
Thank you for reading. You are right, it is very hard. But, I know that God loves her even more that I do….so I trust. I pray, I trust, and I stand on His word.