When we brought Kate home from the hospital after she was born, Stephen put the car seat she was in on the counter. We looked at one another and Stephen said, “now what do we do?”
We laughed and started our life together as Mom and Dad to Kate, then eventually to Gavin and Matt.
As I’ve reflected on that moment recently I’ve wondered, “did we do enough to prepare Kate for this next step, going to college?”
And the reality is, in some ways we have, and in some ways we haven’t.
The naturally tendency for me is to think of the things I didn’t do rather than think of all that I did do.
Can you relate?
Yet is thinking of what we didn’t do productive, or possible to change?
No, it isn’t.
So instead, I am personally practicing shifting to the truth that I’ve done the best I could with what I knew at the time, and letting go of what I didn’t do.
I share this today in case any other parents have that same question, “have I done enough?” If so, I invite you to join me to…
pause. breathe. pray. ™
May we do our best to not dwell on what we didn’t do and instead look at what we did do. Let’s pray that our kids will learn what they need to, when they need to learn it. May God place the right people beside them to help continue to build them up into who He made them to be. And may we look ahead to what we can do moving forward to continue to walk beside them in love in this new season.
With love and hope,
Shawn