It's raining....Memories!

Wow....Friday is here again!

The day started with a mixture of rain and bouts of clear skies and we went about tying up some loose ends during the morning before heading off for library returns in the afternoon.

My dear Protege and I headed off to the first library to leave some books and picked up my darling's beaux....so they could catch up a bit.

The car ride to the next library on our list, gave us the opportunity to share some mutual ideas and opinions about how we felt about things that are going on in our world and how important it really is for us to remember that , 'the things of this world will pass' and that the meaning of our lives in God is really the one thing that we should never lose focus of.

I've just been the soppiest mother of late....there's something about the days of our children's embarking into adulthood that just chokes me up! There is adjustment needed....change and above all growth!

Here's another precious life that God has brought into our world...and though we've had our tests, they haven't been the nasty, nightmarish ones that could have been...God is so good, there is much to be grateful for!

Simple as it was, our visit to the library, where I was able to look around for the resources I needed and the kids were able to spend some time together, gave us an opportunity to get to know each other a bit more.

We soon enough realized that a thunderstorm had started...it poured down as we looked out the windows...

We decided to wait a while...to give the rain time to subside when we were advised that the library was closing soon. At 6pm! That we didn't expect...and having spent some time flicking through a book on Impressionists while we waited, the three of us got ready to go, when the librarians went by a second time, ever sooo subtlely telling every one that it was TIME TO GO...

There was no choice left for us but to walk out in the downpour... but as we walked...ever so briskly...trying not to slip, of course... I felt that I was witnessing the rains of new memories!

There was my little girl...and her beaux...and these were new days that we will later remember with fondness...I no longer minded the rain...It was part of this happy page of our lives.

My prayer is again of thanksgiving for the love that God bestows on us, thanksgiving for our children, that despite the 'challenges', are a gifts from our Lord...precious gifts!