I love Mondays!  I think I have mentioned that before in my blog.  It is like a fresh slate to start with each week.

This week holds a very significant change for our lives.  Our oldest daughter will be moving into the dorm of her college on Thursday.  We are closing a chapter in our lives, but opening another one.  It is scary, yet exciting.  I have been pondering lots of things about the past 18 years and all the great times we have had and even the struggles we have had.  Despite it all, we have survived and we still love each other....:)

So, as I go about my daily chores this week, I will be extra busy as I help my daughter move into this next phase of her life.  As with most changes, there is an element of bittersweetness to it.  A sadness that my little girl is all grown up now.  An undercurrent of worry as she moves into the adult world.  But yet an overwhelming sense of peace that this is how it is supposed to be and that God has always been in control and will always be in control and He loves her more than I ever could.  I look forward to a new relationship budding between us as we move even more into not just a mother/daughter relationship but hopefully a close friend relationship.

This year has certainly been one of change for our family, and not all of them were changes we were expecting, but God has proven His faithfulness to me time and time again and I have never felt quite so loved by my Heavenly Father as I have in the past few weeks.

One of my all-time favorite verses is the one that says, "His mercies are new every morning".  What an awesome promise to not just read about, but to experience.

I know I have been slacking a bit in my blogging, but I have many things to share and will try to make time to enter more of it this week, but for sure next week after we get Kayla all settled in.

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Aug. 13, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Happyhome

Oh my. What a bittersweet time for you and your daughter. So many changes.

Thank you so much for all your encouragement today. It blessed me immensely to know the Lord is using my blog and my life to minister to others. I wish you could be there too! I so appreciate your prayers as I step through this new door. Goodness! So many new doors in our lives. Sort of reminds me of a scene from Monsters Inc. Remember the one with all the doors? lol Thankfully we know He will be there when we step through.

Hugs,

Ang

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