![]() ![]() But the blessing I treasure most is simply having a front row seat to watch them become the incredible people God designed them to be. What I learned from them would fill volumes. When my babies arrived, it was the beginning of the noisiest, busiest time of my life as I invested the energy, time, and attention raising children requires. Jewish friends embraced and blessed me with their stories and traditions that would later enrich my Christian faith. When we moved across the country from Portland, Oregon to Miami, Florida I learned to live far away from my family and how to survive tropical storms and hurricanes. ![]() And I experienced the blessing of living inside the loving embrace of marriage. When I went from single young professional to married young wife, I learned how to cook, how to run a household (tiny though it was), and how to share space with another human being 24 hours a day. Unless I remember the things I’ve learned and the unexpected blessings I’ve found at other times when everything changed. So how will I handle things when silence and solitude become more than spiritual practices I try to schedule (usually unsuccessfully!) into my week? When these become my steady and constant companions? When the volume level suddenly goes down to a whisper? Will I feel lonely? Bored? Directionless? I think I might. But here it comes! When the gusty winds of change blow through life, it’s time to remember what past storms have left behind. Facing the empty nest alone is not the future I saw for myself. I never expected to use the words “empty nester” and “single” together when describing this time of my life. And I’m feeling a little bit nervous about that. And then, in one huge gust, everything changes for me.Īfter the wedding, after the move, and after college resumes in the fall, for the first time in 29 years of mothering, my house will be empty and quiet. Yes, it will be a wild, loud, activity-filled time around here until September. And a summer at home for my youngest who is finishing his first year of college. A possible move to Los Angeles for my daughter. More than a little breeze is picking up as we head into a summer filled with exciting, vibrant, noisy, and life-affirming changes that are coming up fast. Writer(s): Diane Eve WarrenLyrics powered by winds of change are beginning to blow at my house. Everything changes if you give it enough time Everything changes if you give it enough time Everything changes if you give it enough time And when you wonder what was lost Well there′s way you could ever know Pleading waters and bottles swallowed by the tide Everything changes if you give it enough time Where you'll be you′ll never know Warm winter blankets where bear bodies go I would not believe you if you said I'd be fine. And all at once you feel alive Born out of pain and the pain in the life Delivered full force into the light Everything changes if you give it enough time Around around around around you′ll go The only thing you′ll ever learn is everything you didn't know I was yours and you were mine but Everything changes if you give it enough time And I waited, thought you′d come around with your wet foot on the shore But I'm not waiting anymore. Cold like water down my throat Dark like heaven on the longest night Warm like winter on a gray sidewalk in Spring Everything changes if you give it enough time There′s still ashes in the fire Blown you don't know where they′ll go Gone like everything you ever left behind Everything changes if you give it enough time Everything changes if you give it enough time And I waited, thought you'd come around with your wet foot on the shore But I'm not waiting anymore.
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