One day soon...

Yep, one day soon....I'm gonna learn how post a picture. Really!?! Well, that's what I keep telling myself. I say the same thing to each of my kids. "One day soon, you'll be big enough to blah blah blah" or "one day soon, we will blah blah blah". I wonder what they think when I say that? I'm sure "their" one day is MUCH sooner than "my" one day. For example....when they ask when can we go hiking down by the creek and my response is.....one day soon! They think "soon" is today or at the latest tomorrow....my one day soon is ummmm....well maybe next week at the earliest. It's exciting when I think about their BIG "one day soons". Like, one day....I know they will ALL be in school. One day they will score their first goal (I never did, but I have high hopes for them), they will graduate from high school and college, get a job, travel the world, meet their future spouse, and marry their true love. I would love to stop there. But, I also know....that one day they will fall and get hurt (we know this all too well....this ain't my first rodeo - we've had our fair share of falls....remember we are in chapter 2?), struggle in math, get sick, and experience a broken heart. One day, they will move out and I will no longer have jurisdiction (for lack of a better word) over their rooms and won't be able to check on them when they are sleeping. The day may come when they realize their parents are human and feel disappointment in something I have done or not done.....I hope not! I pray in advance for those times.....for protection over my most precious ones. I pray, my children would turn to their Heavenly Father for comfort and guidance. I want to be there for all those days....exciting or not. I probably won't get around to posting those pictures today or tomorrow....but one thing I do know for sure....today, we're going to the creek!