Ten Years

I have a ten year old.
How did that happen?
I mean, okay, I know how it happened.
But really, one minute he's a baby, being ripped out of your open stomach... then boom, he's 10, and he's embarrassed when you drop off the birthday cookies at his classroom door.
I'm not sure I'm ready for this being-a-parent-of-a-double-digit-child thing.
But here it is, ready or not.

Thanks, Father, that you have given me this Gift, and that you have also given me other gifts to help me grow the Gift into a man, one that follows You with all his heart. :)

The Unexpected

Tonight did not go as planned.  The Husband was supposed to be home so that I could go to a meeting... except... he wasn't.  He was in Maryland, still working.  Alas, there I was, 4 children and no husband.

Thank God for good neighbors.

I am seeing a pattern, one that I'm not sure I like...
Actually, nevermind, I know I don't like it.  I am constantly being stretched in this I-think-it's-going-to-be-like-this-but-then-it-ends-up-totally-different thing.  What am I being prepared for? Is He just trying to get me to be a little more flexible?

Of course, being married to The Husband, I should have learned this skill a long time ago.  It's been a you-think-it's-going-to-look-like-this-but-then-it-doesn't kind of life.  :)