Do you ever remember watching your mom as your older brother would come home for dinner, or maybe your boyfriend or husband’s mom when he was going to her house, or maybe even your grandmother when your dad would visit for dinner? Do you remember watching thinking that woman sure was making a fuss over that boy? Maybe if it was your boyfriend or husband you even thought, what a momma’s boy, and rolled your eyes!
Well let me tell you, I realize now what all that fuss was about! At this time in my life I am now at the other end of the mothering spectrum. Instead of watching babies learn how to walk, toddlers learning to potty train, and even youngin’s going off to school for the first day of kindergarten… I am now starting to watch them leave my nest with the hopes (their hopes) that they won’t ever have to come back (although the door is ALWAYS open)!
I received a call recently from my oldest son, and was told that he was coming for dinner! Let me tell you… I lit up like up like a firecracker! I was so excited to have him come home to sit around our table for dinner… it had seemed so long since the last time that had happened (it probably wasn’t that long, but this particular time seemed like it)! Life goes by and you don’t even realize the changes that happen until you look around that dinner table and only half of your kids are left eating with you!
It is bittersweet to watch that boy that you fussed over, stressed over, cried over, prayed over, laughed with, cared for, poured your heart and soul into, gave everything to, and went crazy for, grow into an adult with his own personality, hopes, dreams, and goals in mind! His own life path planned before him! Which mind you, is more than likely different than what you had in mind for him! But it happened none the less, and it’s an awesome thing to see him becoming who he was meant to be!
So, remember, someday, when that boy is coming for dinner… fuss over him, cook his favorite foods, love on him, get excited, and cherish the moment… because someday, when you look around that nearly empty dinner table, you realize just how long it’s really been since he’s been there!
Love every minute of it and remember how amazing it is to be his mother, all the laughs, talks, and good times you’ve had! And remember it’s ok to fuss when that boy comes for dinner! So, pay no attention to the eye rolls and get excited… for you know what it really means! You are his mother after all!
Matthew 3:17 – And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased” (NIV).
Isaiah 49:18 – “Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come to you. As surely as I live”, declares the Lord, “you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them on like a bride” (NIV).
Psalm 127:3 – Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him (NLT).
Isaiah 66:13 – “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem” (NIV).
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