One Down.. Eight to go!

My oldest has graduated and we now have eight to go.
Ben was home schooled until his last year of high-school. And then he went to an excellent local Christian school, and he finished there.

A wonderful day it was... his Graduation Day.  It truly made me reflect on what he has been taught, and what I am still teaching our other children as they grow.

There seems to be a lot of reflecting going on in the Season of my life....

Today was Ben's party, and we shared this special day with over 200 people... it was a special day!

Later that evening,, when the house was quiet, I walked the property and picked up left-over papers, water bottles, and removed the balloons.
I decided rather than pop them and throw them away...
I untied them and let them go,, little by little.. all over the property,,, as I came across them.

Looking up...
Seeing the bright balloons float away..
All was quiet and I was alone...
THIS is when it hit me...

My baby boy is grown.
He is going to be leaving someday.
I watched those balloons float so happily into the sky.. and without course...

and it occurred to me...

Ben has been given a course...
Ben has a Heavenly Father that will always be there...
... and it is my prayer now... that Ben will Stay the Course and not become weighted down with distraction and lose "flight." 

When our children are little, I pray for a long time that the Lord will guide me to a life verse for each of them.. knowing their individual personalities and "bent" towards different things...
This is Ben's Life verse,, and it is my prayer that he will bind it about his neck all the days of his life..

2 Timothy 2:15 -
"Study to show thyself approved unto God,
a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth."

Will you pray for Ben and all the young people that you know as they step out to a new future...?

Perfect ending  to a perfect day.... and special gift from God.... My Own Balloon Release for A Very Special Son!

I love you my son.