I am learning to let go. Letting go of my son who has acclimated beautifully into his College surroundings. Letting go in the knowledge that my job as his mother has made a permanent change. It is the change that is our sole purpose as a parent. To untie the short, leather Jess strips that have helped keep my son securely placed in years of learning, growing, and transforming into the individual he was created to be.
Holding him now within the palm of my hands, I release him up into the sky with all of my might. A tear falls downward as my son begins to soar. My heart's aflutter with so many different thoughts and emotions. But the one that surpasses all is pure Joy. So much laughter these past 19 years. Such strength in character I have beheld as Tyler grew from a creative little boy, into the strong, tenderhearted, faithful young man he is today.
"Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you." ~ Isaiah 60:1
