tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post8991395476814958135..comments2023-10-10T09:00:17.772-05:00Comments on Internet Cafe: Letting GoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-14020426317433994582007-05-29T10:26:00.000-05:002007-05-29T10:26:00.000-05:00Excellent advice and encouragement here, Linda. J...Excellent advice and encouragement here, Linda. Just wait until they get married and have children of their own. I believe I have learned more about grace in this season of motherhood than I ever learned when I was changing diapers (though I'm back to changing diapers now with grandsons), going to Little League, or even handing over the car keys! I'm pondering it all! =)Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435071269417046903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-54840472718753469192007-05-26T17:16:00.000-05:002007-05-26T17:16:00.000-05:00I remember years ago when we celebrated our son's ...I remember years ago when we celebrated our son's graduation from High School. Last year, he graduated from college and he still looking for the perfect fit. I know it is hard to let go of our kids, but the only thing we can do is to constantly encourage them...<BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing from your heart, Linda.<BR/><BR/>Blessings to you and yours.eph2810https://www.blogger.com/profile/09285857197237988640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-83435358583253982522007-05-25T12:48:00.000-05:002007-05-25T12:48:00.000-05:00"What a paradox—a mom’s goal is to guide her depen..."What a paradox—a mom’s goal is to guide her dependent child to independence, and yet there is an inescapable desire to hold on to him."<BR/><BR/>Amen. Things change when they get into college and then again when they leave the nest for good. The closer they get to those times (I have one in college, one graduated, and one in jr. high), the more I want to dig my heels in and hang on. I know I can't, and one part of me really doesn't want them still living at home when they're thirty...but I just can't imagine life without them around in the way they are now. I know the Lord will give grace when the time comes, and I am looking forward to daughters-in-law and grandchildren...but I will miss this time with them just as I miss them as toddlers some days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-44857462236140897412007-05-24T23:11:00.000-05:002007-05-24T23:11:00.000-05:00Wow...I know this is coming for me so quickly and ...Wow...I know this is coming for me so quickly and I also know I am not ready!! <BR/><BR/>Hope your 'open house' was all you dreamed it to be...I'm sure it was wonderful after seeing the pics from that big shindig at your church ! :))<BR/><BR/>LisaLisa @ The Preacher's Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14448791069728897001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-45259657821482721102007-05-22T18:07:00.000-05:002007-05-22T18:07:00.000-05:00I can only imagine the difficult time the Father h...I can only imagine the difficult time the Father had letting His son go "out into the world." Knowing all He would face, it must have brought unbearable sorrow.<BR/><BR/>My oldest is in grade 10, and I feel this creeping up on us now. I'm so glad that my other three are still so little. Whew!Darlene Schachthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561724581338626441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-68279723417437224632007-05-22T09:07:00.000-05:002007-05-22T09:07:00.000-05:00Linda,Spoken right from the heart of a Mom who lov...Linda,<BR/><BR/>Spoken right from the heart of a Mom who loves her son and her God. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing a deep part of yourself with me. I am right there with you experiencing the day with you. Hope it was wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-28677355093685123552007-05-22T08:23:00.000-05:002007-05-22T08:23:00.000-05:00From your words, i believe you have done an excell...From your words, i believe you have done an excellent job in raising him. you have trained him up in His Word. your son will not stray....if he appears to, it wont be for long.....for his upbringing will tug at his heart...and he knows where his ultimate strength lies.<BR/><BR/>Not to mention he has a praying mother! *wink*<BR/><BR/>Stay Blessed!Naturally Blessedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13212011826981720568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-37736451699491090902007-05-21T23:29:00.000-05:002007-05-21T23:29:00.000-05:00We have attended several open houses this year wit...We have attended several open houses this year with more to come. You have described them well. <BR/><BR/>Beautiful post! It is such a joyful time mixed with so many other emotions of a season ending in the lives of our children.Chris @ Come to the Tablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07878659618561017060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-46246255614148286642007-05-21T22:53:00.000-05:002007-05-21T22:53:00.000-05:00Oh, Linda, what a beautiful post. You said it all...Oh, Linda, what a beautiful post. You said it all. Blessings to you in this new phase of parenting.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576409086020993015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-90179720890723474732007-05-21T15:32:00.000-05:002007-05-21T15:32:00.000-05:00I remember several years ago when my daughter grad...I remember several years ago when my daughter graduated from High School.. I cried for weeks before and weeks after...<BR/>Everything I saw made me think of her.. and I cried...<BR/><BR/>Sorry, but now after two years of college.. I ask her "When are you going back"...<BR/><BR/>I so love her but God has so prepared me for this "cutting of the cord"..<BR/><BR/>but I don't want to spoil this beautiful post.. and it is...<BR/><BR/>and this time is to be cherished...<BR/><BR/>really, I do love my babies so much and God has been so good, hasn't He?!<BR/><BR/>Blessings girl....Connie Barrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808121049884128782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-81877941338140440962007-05-21T14:16:00.000-05:002007-05-21T14:16:00.000-05:00Oh, Linda...beautifully written.I can so understan...Oh, Linda...beautifully written.<BR/>I can so understand- even though I haven't gotten to this point with my kids yet- how you must be feeling. I don't totally comprehend it yet, but I can use my imagination and understand how I might feel when my girls get there. Letting go will be so hard!<BR/>We think raising kids is challenging...but I think the spiritual challenge is completely entrusting them to God as they get ready to leave the nest.<BR/>(((HUGS)))Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13932066100979969014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-70147918989030643462007-05-21T13:41:00.000-05:002007-05-21T13:41:00.000-05:00Sweet blessings to you, and your son always.Sweet blessings to you, and your son always.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275456448997619944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027179631891898735.post-52085868021209196332007-05-21T11:59:00.000-05:002007-05-21T11:59:00.000-05:00What a lovely, moving post Linda! I can just imag...What a lovely, moving post Linda! I can just imagine the turmoil of emotions. I'll be facing this next year. Well, maybe not an open house but all the other stuff with letting a graduating child move into thier nexpt phase.Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02757963698816530787noreply@blogger.com