June 14th…Flag day…the birthday of the United States Army…the day my son became a soldier.
Proud…afraid…full…empty…letting go…holding on…the journey of a mother standing awkwardly at the crossroads.
The questions
What if he is lonely…what if he is hurt…what if I miss him…what if I cry?
But then
What if this is Your purpose…what if this is Your plan…what if the journey leads us to You…what if this is the beginning of something wonderfully new?
To hold on has been easy…
To let go, immeasurably hard…
I stand at the crossroads and watch as our paths diverge…this child of my heart and me.
The old…the new…an ending…a beginning…the joy…the pain…the journey of a mother.
Robin Rebecca McWhirter