Gone, but not Forgotten

Summer (break) has officially ended. The kids are snuggled in bed and the 6:30 am wake up call will soon be dragging tired bodies out of bed! The beginning of another school year is just hours away. Our summer seemed to fly by so quickly around here!

At the end of the year the boys were saying good-byes to friends not knowing if they would see them again. We were preparing for a move that would have them not only in a new school, but a new state altogether.

This summer brought baseball and lots of forms! Practices, games, tournaments, All-stars, 2 major league parks and games in one month's time, the introduction of baseball cards and days and days of baseball in the yard!

Now all of that must come to an end and another school year will begin. This time of year is hard on me. I've referred to it before as a love/hate relationship that I have with this day that is coming tomorrow. I'm excited that my boys are growing, but really - can I possibly have a 2nd and 3rd grader? Is it really possible. As my thoughts have shifted to that today, Eli is quick to remind me that next year he will go too - then my love/hate will be times 3! (I'll wait till next year to dwell on that one).

This evening as we finished our supper we anointed each one of the boys and prayed over them. Praying for their school year, praying not only for the Lord to bless them and go before them, but for them to be leaders and the men that Jesus wants them to be in their school and throughout this coming school year! Even Eli was anointed and prayed over as he will begin preschool with Momma (Daddy thought I might need an anointing too :) )

We are proud of our boys! Proud to be their parents, proud of the young men they are becoming.

So tonight as they are tucked into bed and their new school supplies lay waiting, we are saying good-bye to a crazy summer filled with fun times and happy memories.

We are looking forward with anticipation (and perhaps a little sadness) to a new school year.

Jesus, please go before Ronnie and Nathaniel. Watch our for them, Lead them, Guide them and Help them! Thank you, Amen!