So my son has officially moved into his own apartment. My daughter is living (during the week) at the dorms at the local college. i guess my husband and i now have a semi-empty nest.
During a funeral for a seventeen year old last Saturday, i learned a new term. It's called "A New Normal". The family of the seventeen year old will have a harder time adapting to their new normal than my husband and i will to ours. i really have no "empty-nest syndrome". i mean really, i don't.
This is a day that i have prepared for since they were little ones. My children have always been in God's hands and now they are there more so than ever. My faith is strong that God knows the plans He has set for my son and my daughter. He even tells me that in His Word. If this wasn't so, then in May of 2008, my son would have perished when he drove his truck into the river by over-correcting. And my daughter wouldn't have been born. My last child, i didn't ever get to hold in my arms, but he will have a forever place in my heart.
My hubby and i have done our job with our son and our job with our daughter is coming to a close. We were blessed with our son nine months after we were married and our daughter 16 months after her brother. So we really didn't get the chance to be a couple. i am looking forward to our new normal. Trips are planned that if our children were younger, we would have to be planning for four not just two.
As one chapter of our lives is coming to a close, another is opening. i will admit that i am looking forward to what God has in store for my darling hubby and i in our new normal.
Trying to live each day like it's my last, DA
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