Here we go!

Well, I guess I've delayed this as long as I could. My first blog...wow. Let's get this straight right from the beginning, I've always had trouble journaling. That's what this is folks, don't fool your self by using the term "blog". It's the same stuff you had to do in 3rd grade when your teacher said, "Okay class, get your journals out and start writing!" ARGGGH!!! Brain seize... thoughts?! What are thoughts?! I always froze up with a vicious case of writer's block. Pretty sad when you're writing career is washed up at 8 years old.

I have progressed since then, I unravel a incredible non-tale of drivel now, mostly free associating really. But I digress...

So the Terrible Trio, the Troika if you will, are going to jump "the pond" mid August. They will take three hearts with them filled with love, hope, and trepidation. But like the other "Moms", I will be excited for my daughter (Donna) as well. The incredibly cool stuff they will see and experience, it boggles my mind. I wish I had telepathy so that I could see it through her eyes as she experiences it.

I know God has some fantastic things in store for them as well as for all of us here at home. A serious season of growth for all. I get the funny feeling that this is God's way of prying my fingers off her hand so that she can finally be the wonderful adult that He knows she will be. He knows just what kind of ninny I am when it comes to my kids. Just how hard it is for me to let them grow up. I guess it takes an ocean for me to allow her this final whack at the umbilicus.

It will also bring me to my knees before Him, right where I should be. God knows just how hard my head is and where to poke me to get my attention. And boy does He have it now! My most fervent prayers are always about my girls. Keep them safe, help them make the right decisions, don't let a lunatic get them, let them find good Christian friends, let a good Christian guy come into their life, keep them well, help them to concentrate during their tests, Lord the prayer list of a mother is endless. I truely could go on and on. The one I've never prayed is help me to let them go...until now. So...

Father, I pray that you give me the sense to let Donna go with joy. I'll need you more than ever to keep the enemy from playing with my mind and emotions. Through prayer I will learn to rely on Your wisdom more each day and enjoy Your guidance, comfort, and grace. I know that You will be with Donna always and by Your will, she will come back home safe full of wonderful tales, thoughts, and experiences.

In Jesus name and by His blood,

Amen

Okay, so this one was a liiiiittle heavy this time. Don't worry, I'm too much of a clown to be so maudlin all of the time.