I wanted babies from the time I held my first Baby Alive doll. I watched the Brady Bunch and wished for a station wagon filled with kids when I grew up.
I didn’t wait long, having my first just two years out of high school. Four more followed in as many years. I traded my Camaro for a minivan.
Because I had them so close together, I was barely in my 40’s when I became an empty nester. I often felt like my life had completely lost all purpose.
Students and grandkids and dogs helped ease my burden but I rarely saw an upside to having adult children. I wanted my babies back home again. I wished I could turn back time. I cherished those middle of the night dreams where they were little again and we were all under one roof.
But today I saw a couple of benefits of having grown kids.
My son Cody arranged, then helped me set up for my very first author visit at Pinecrest today. After years of helping me set up classrooms each July, he was now helping me in this juncture in life. I couldn’t imagine doing it any other way.
As I headed to my Christian Women’s luncheon after my presentation, a wayward rock clipped my windshield. Barely noticeable at first, within an hour it had spread across half the glass. With an upcoming trip across six states I wanted to get it fixed quickly.
State Farm agent daughter Kelsey to the rescue! She had me set up within minutes.
They are but ours for a moment, those arrows in a quiver, at least in our homes.
But much like we are with God, they are in our hearts forever!
faith unfaded 
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