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Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
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13 Comments:
Denise, ya have a nice looking boy there,
I don't have any kids so can't give any advice.
but there is this song, Danny Ledbetter family sung.
that might help,
The blanket song,
it's about a dad&mom , about to send there son off on his own,
when the boy was little, they would cover him with a blanket, to keep him safe and warm. but now that the boy is going to be on his own, they wont be able to do that.
But now they can cover him with prayers, to keep him safe and warm!
it is a very cool song! :)
if ya want to hear the song,
it is
"I will cover you with prayers"
if ya can watch Utube they have,
Denise, I've been there and done that! It was so hard to let my son go so far away to college. Jel is right, all you can do now is cover your child with prayers. I think the hardest stage of parenthood is when your children become adults and you no longer have control over them. You think you needed to pray for them when they were home...NOW is when they need your prayers the most.
As far as you are concerned, as hard as it is to do, you must let go and let your son live his life at school. I didn't do that the first semester...I called my son nearly every day and cried and cried and made a general nuisance of myself. Good thing that kid loves me or he would never speak to me again! I finally wised up, apologized and let the kid grow up. Guess it worked: he's now a husband and father of 2 and doing very well at both.
Good post, Denise. I'm right behind you (with a 16 1/2 year old), pondering similar thoughts. Thanks for your words today.
Jel, I know you're right. I have a feeling my prayer life will improve drastically when he leaves. :-/
Wise words, Ruthie. Does that mean I can't text him every hour? LOL
Yes, Pam, it seems like these last few pre-college years have gone so fast!
Thanks for making me cry over my own boy. :(
Thankfully I have a year until we reach that milestone.
He's a good looking young man, Denise. My guess is that you've raised him in the way he should go, and I doubt he'll depart from it. He might stray slightly for a short while (most of us do), but he knows the truth. He won't go far and not for very long. Be proud, mama. :)
Sorry, Suzanne!
Thanks, Ane, for the encouragement!
Boy, do I relate to you, Denise! :)
They say that it's exhausting raising boys (having 4 of them, I can attest to this.) But to me when they were little was much easier than now!
I can handle physical exhaustion--get a little extra sleep and have activities for them to wear them out. This stage of sending them out into the world for living their own lives--that is much harder for a control/dream-up-worst-case-scenarios gal like me.
I guess this is where we rely on God and trust Him. I hear you. And he's really handsome so you have even more to worry about! :)
I couldn't make it through Toy Story 3 without crying at the end, so I'm doomed. And my oldest isn't quite 11.
Best of luck, Denise. Just think, millions of women have sent their sons off over thousands of years. God's grace is enough. It has to be. :)
This time goes so fast, D! Just yesterday they were babies. The good news is that it won't be long until grandchildren are hanging on your legs. It comes more quickly than you can imagine! :)
Oh, this post brought tears to my eyes--not only for remembering how it was to "let go" of our precious children, but also in thinking about God's nurturing of us. Thank you for the beautiful reminder of how patient and loving our God is, D!!
Such an eye-opening time, Denise. My son (our oldest child) went away to college last August. It's only a couple of hours away, but what a life-changing year for all of us. I cried a lot last spring during the graduation days, so allow yourself to let it go. Fun and bittersweet days ahead, but God has prepared you, so lean into every minute.
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