Big Girls

My sweet teenagers are gone...

Just for the weekend but still, it feels like a monumental milestone.  

For the first time (of many I'm sure) my girls are out in the world, separately, without their dad or me.  

I feel both anxious and proud. 

I pray that they will be a light in the world, and a good friend and example to their peers, that they will be making good decisions (please,  please, please!). I pray they remember the things they've been taught, that they stand up for what is right even when it's not popular, and that they show the love of Jesus to everyone they meet.

I know my girls are ready for this, and I know that the rest of us will be too, eventually. It's really interesting to see the dynamic of the whole house shift. 

Angelee and Raelynn are now the big girls and we all know that comes with many responsibilities. 

Though we miss the girls like crazy everytime they walk out the door,  it's really comforting to know that we are sending beautiful women of God out into the world. 

I know things won't ever be quite the same with our family that never stops growing. Our family fun nights with everyone present are numbered, before we know it they will be driving, then moving off to college, never to return, at least not the way it is now.