I've been inspired by my older daughter, Kate, to start blogging again (she's actually encouraged me to write a book- but that's a blog topic for another day). Little did she know she would end up being the topic in a blog post.
Both of my older children have moved back home for brief periods of time after leaving home to regroup and figure out their next step in life. Neither were happy to be moving back home as they are both fiercely independent (can't imagine where they got that). I, on the other hand, was thrilled to have them back, if only for a short time. When I look back at the times they have returned, I can see God's hand in it....almost as if it were more for me than for them.
Adam came home at a time when, what I viewed as three significant losses, occurred in my life. My parents moved back to Arizona after living here for about three years, Katie started her first year at the University of Florida, and a friendship that had been very important to me dissolved. It may not be a good thing, but Adam's presence helped me hold it together. He learned alot ....and he taught his Mom a few things too.
When Katie moved to Atlanta after graduating from UF , I was thrilled for her new adventure but so heart sick that she would be a little too far away to see very often. She wasn't happy with her job .....and as a Mom..that makes it even worse when you can't help a situation and you aren't even close by. She finally decided the only way to find another job and be available for interviewing was to leave Atlanta, move home, and do some serious job hunting. Yay.....for me at least. No huge losses this time....but just a need to have family around. Liv needed her big sister and I needed to make sure she was happy. She wasn't home for long and while she was here she was busy and so was I , but the time we had together ......priceless.
Adam will boomerang back here in June as he gets ready to move to his assigned vicarage church. The timing again...perfect. He'll be here to preach so that his Dad can have a break. He'll be around for his little sis for one last summer before she gets her license and independence. Kate is close by so that means all of us together more often......at least for a little while. God' gift....God's timing.
