Originally Posted by
jimnyc
Had to drop off my wife and son as they are going to Florida to visit her parents. It was much harder than I thought. It actually brought a tear to my eye when I watched my son walk into the terminal while I was pulling away. At the same time, I looked at him and for the first time he just reminded me so much of myself. Watching him with his little suitcase over his shoulder and waving with his little hand. Damn, he's growing up much too fast! I can only hope that little boy knows just how much he means to me and how much I love him.
He was nice when he hugged me goodbye but he's much more interested in the cool plane ride, and is in a rush to get there because he's going to Sea World and has a ticket to swim with the dolphins.
I know how you feel about them growing up, Jim, as I'm sure most parents do...
We have a little plastic step stool in the bathroom for the kids. They always used to stand on it to reach the sink or when I brushed their teeth or combed their hair. Today, I was trying to part my 8-year-old girl's hair, and I had to stand on the stool to see what I was doing!
Blessed be Your name, when the sun's shining down on me, when the world's "all as it should be," blessed be Your name!
Blessed be Your name on the road marked with suffering, though there's pain in the offering, blessed be Your name!
Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise. When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say...
Blessed be the name of the Lord!
Blessed be Your name!