We then discover that part of our calling is to be a prayer warrior.

Somehow we both got very ill 3 weeks after she was born. With my older two I now realize how fast it goes by and cherish everyday with my 7 year old.

I suddenly remembering that Jeff wasn’t home any longer and I only needed 4 place settings.

. i thought it would be easier when he was older. !We don’t get do-overs, but the blessings remain. Then we got to see him graduate a Marine in December. Then I let her go again, to her beloved, and her new life and homebuilding. I wanted to stop her so badly. Your eloquence leaves me speechless; I feel like Moses when he complained about his speech impediment, and then I remember God rebuking him for that complaint. Still love them to death, but I have let those dreams go…… Don’t ever give up! We're not salespeople, but we depend on donations averaging $14.76 and fewer than 1% of readers give. Now, Father, we come to You again … We have three beautiful grandchildren, whom I hope to be a better grandparent to the second time around! She begins the year in such a better place and I am so grateful.Ann, you touch my heart, always. Is there anywhere this can be purchased? And thank your family too, for letting you be so open with their lives, as well as your own.my one great regret as his mother is that i didn’t start attempting to explain Jesus, faith, and the Bible because i thought he wasn’t old enough. I am going to miss his everydayness.

They’re attached to us by heartstrings.

This past year has been crazy hard.

He is Gods child and while he made his decision to follow Christ while in High School, he has fallen off that path. I feel as though I’ve done more wrong than I have right {as a mama} but this prayer? There’s just no better way to live.Ann Voskamp, oh friend. My first-born has already spread her wings and gone to England/Poland in ministry with YWAM.You never feel like you’ve done enough… it makes you thankful for grace… and love that covers a multitude…Thank you for this. I just want my kids to love the Lord with all their heart and soul and strength, fulfilling HIS call on their lives, laying down their lives for others. Thank you so much!! Thanks for the encouragement:)Beautiful. so, so beautiful. The connection of my heart and my son’s heart melted together in mutual love.

When he went to New Mexico for camp.

[…] What a Parent Wants to Say Before a Child Leaves by Ann Voskamp – Probably my favorite post from all of last week. Thank you.So beautiful. Then finally she traveled to China to minister for another summer. I had different ideas of what parenting would be at the beginning and now realize that this job is more difficult than I would have imagined. God is good!

This made me lay my head down and cry. !Oh Ann, How the tears are flowing.

Thank you that it says in the Bible, “Behold I make all things new.”   (Revelation 21:5) We embrace with faith and trust the new family situation that time has brought to us today, knowing that you will enrich all of our lives through this new adventure.

I mused to DH, “wouldn’t it be funny if God gave us twins because I always wanted 4 children” and DH said, “let’s just be happy with our two. Tears came to my eyes and I was glad of the tissues being in the auditorium!

Our 16 yo just returned from 6 weeks on a missions trip. His sophomore year he drove all the way to California by himself in the fall.

Thank you for sharing your heart and love for Christ, it is an inspiration. ann, i have just discovered your blog and am greatly enjoying it. . […]Thanks, Ann. When they make a bad decision, give them the grace to learn from their mistakes and find your good way to get back on the right track.Show us meaningful and helpful ways to remain in touch with them. I shared this post with my aunt who is also a mother to boys and we cried together. I try each day to encourage his walk with Christ but i also know he is at a very impressionable age and wonder if i’m doing enough.

After all, there were many before your soon to be adult and there will be many after. Those moments of watching movies, pausing and explaining why people did what they did, or asking questions and having him think critically instead of just taking in the world. Weeping with my own realisation that its really up to the Lord, not me, to carry the internals of her heart. Letting go. The pain is unimaginable.

Then, He restored our relationship.

thanks as always ann, for speaking a truth with such grace and beauty.Breathtaking! He’s had to face the reality of the fragileness that life brings. […]Ann, I found your words from two years ago and I am right where you were then. .and soon 4 others to be on their way out into the world. Yes, this is it.

Love the part about real leadership.I have four boys. finding the grace in parenting.

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