I’ve been enjoying all the back to school pics of everyone this week! But it’s also bittersweet for me. Today I was at Walmart and walked by the school supplies. I literally got a lump in my throat and held back tears as I remembered the days that I would stock up on all this stuff.
Now having 3 college kids and 1 career adult kid, my life is so different. They’re all independent, and I don’t have to stock up anymore. They just go buy whatever minimal things they need.
At dinner with my sisters the other day, we were talking about how my traditions of “first day of school French toast breakfast” and “first day of after school Peter Pipers” have ended. Hannah has her job, and Christian is in Corpus. I held onto my traditions for as long as Brandon was still in school. But the chapter of those days has closed.
And it’s okay, it really is. Danny and I have raised some remarkable kids that we are so extremely proud of. It’s just hard to imagine that time went by so fast!
Every time we think of TGIF and celebrate our weekend, it’s also making time go faster. That calendar doesn’t stop turning the pages. So stop and enjoy your kids! Soak it all in and don’t make anything else your priority except God and Family. Take those pictures and celebrate those moments. Show up for your kids!! I miss my little kids, but I love hanging out with my adult kids too! ♥️💙💙💙
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