When you have 5 kids you would think that some of the standard milestones in life would become a little more familiar and a little easier to handle. Well here we are graduating number 3 and it wasn't any easier. Me and Ma still spent the entire evening wiping away tears.I still remember the lost feeling I had when we dropped Kari, our eldest, off at college in Searcy Arkansas - some 5 hours away. Just knowing that we were not going to see her from August until she came home that fall for Thanksgiving was a little overwhelming to say the least. We really thought it would be easier with the next one. Andrea went to Tennessee Tech. only 2 hours away - it wasn't. I was surprised to feel the same sense of loss and emptiness that I felt with the first one.
Well here we go again. Matthew plans to go to Lipscomb this fall. Lipscomb is less than an hour away. But I know from experience now that the distance does not have much to do with it. The loss and the emptiness is real no matter how far away they go.
I always jokingly say that I will be dancing when I finally get the last one through school. But I don't really mean it. Yes, I've been there - done that, but that just means I know what to expect. So if you happen to see me or Lynetta at the next two graduations, and you happen to need a Kleenex, just ask. We will have a pocket full.
May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. We will shout for joy when you are victorious and lift up our banners in the name of our God. May he grant all your request Psalms 20: 4-5
