Today is Sunday and it has become the custom for Son #3, his Sweet and Lovely Wife, and their exceptionally adorable, amazingly brilliant daughter, Ryleigh, to come over and spend the day after church services. I cherish these times and do not take them for granted! Ah, so much joy!
This week, I will have the opportunity to chaperon another exceptionally adorable, amazingly brilliant granddaughter on a school field trip as well as a birthday party in order to help out Mama who's busy at home with a toddler whose middle name is *dangerous* and an infant who thinks the world revolves around him...which it does...and rightly so!
Do I realize how amazingly blessed I am? I have four sons; three of whom are married with children and two of those sons are only a 15-20 minute drive away. The other son is about 2 hours away - still a doable day's drive. I no longer work outside the home so I am available to lend a hand whenever my precious *daughters* need me. Our home is available for family gatherings as frequently as can be arranged. Oh, yes! I realize just how truly blessed I am.
Over the years, I have become friends with the mothers of the two *daughters* that live closest to me. We have sweet Christian friendships that I treasure and I pray for them on a regular basis. Why? Because we're friends and sisters in Christ and because, as a mother, I know what they must feel having their daughters living so far away from them and, now, their grandchildren. I have never known this feeling because my sons returned home after college with their precious brides.
There may come a day when we, too, will part be it career decisions or retirement. I won't worry about that now, though. What I will continue to do is pray for *D* and *S* and promise them that I will take care of their girls and love them always.
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