A short post this morning. I'm leaving Bob & Marla's home here in Hollister in about an hour and drive four hours south to Solvang, CA. There I'll visit Bruce & Debby, who were also in our Prunedale church back in the day. Haven't seen them since the early 80's when they visited us in Riverside, CA. but we've stayed in touch through the years.I don't know if, with all the catching up we'll do tonight, I'll have opportunity to post.
I'll leave their home tomorrow around noon and begin the drive back home. It should take me 8 or 9 hours to make that drive, or 24 hours if I get caught in an L.A. traffic jam. My goal is to be crossing the desert - that stretch between Banning CA and Phoenix - after sundown.
But I need to "get something off my chest" while I have an opportunity.
God is good and gracious. He is also sovereign. Why he saw fit to give us two sons who never gave us anything approaching grief, and who grew up into men who make us proud at every turn is beyond me. But he did. Beyond that, he gave us daughters who are the perfect compliment for our sons.
Pam would agree; our children - all of them - are the best part of our lives. The older we get the more we love and value them. Many parents do all that can be expected of them and experience frustration and even grief over the choices and actions of their children. We tried to do our best before God in the stewardship of parenting that he gave us. That our sons turned out to be more than we could have hoped for is a testament to God's grace, not our skills.
T'ank you, Fadder!
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It's good to "hear" you talk about how proud you are of your children. I wish more parents felt that about their adult children.
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