Engage!

Emptying:

When my children were young, I fully engaged in their care. Other things, teaching, friendships, and writing, just had to wait. The urgent needs of these four mattered most.

New Connections: 

As they grew, we engaged with the world together. Playground trips and classes were for them and for me. Friendships grew around the things that engaged their interest.

Grace:

Soon my children grew taller than me. Their lives moved out of my sphere. They often forgot to call Mama. I needed to change my focus.

Ask:

“Watch and pray!” Became my assignment. Trust God! Resist the temptation to fret. Wait! He is doing more than you can imagine! It is tough but necessary to engage in prayer for our adult children.

Grow:

I begin engaging with lost joys! Tutoring a small group of students brings purpose. Friendship brings fellowship. Writing brings hope.

Enduring love:

Now, one by one, they return to Mama. Some needs remain. Growing up happens with one step forward, and two steps back. I drop those rediscovered joys: the teaching, the friendships, the writing to engage…

 Just as my timer comes to an end, a phone call arrives. One of my kids needs me NOW. Out the door, I rush. 

“Engage!” I think to myself. 

Writing 

will just 

need 

to wait.