Whoops! I really didn’t mean to be away so long. Got busy. What’s going on? Well, I have been forced into looking at my relationship with my 15yo son. What gives, huh? He’s an awesome young man. He’s been extremely busy so far this summer, but I see the changes going on between us. Not bad things, just different. I wasn’t ready for the changes, but I’ve known they were coming. I miss the little him, but I’m awed by what God has done with him. I raised him, but God has formed him–I really don’t get any credit, you know?
So what’s so different, now, is that he doesn’t really need me for everything. He needs me for authority, yes, but he is also ready to be more than just “my son”. I am having so much trouble articulating this, even.
When he was a boy, he needed me for direction, instruction, structure. Now that he’s becoming a man, he needs me more for guidance, for back and forth communication, for “home.” He is making more of his own choices, he is doing more on his own. It’s rough, but it’s also beautiful at the same time.
I love him so much. It’s incredible to watch.
