Letting Go

It seems the moment labour begins . . . the process of letting go begins also.

As mothers, our job seems to always involve letting go. From the moment they arrive, literally and figuratively, the process of letting go begins.

Each passing year another momentous occasion celebrates their milestones . . . and we continue the process of letting go.

• Another step on their own
• Another block further of independence on their bike
• Another week of holidays staying with relatives by themselves
• Another class taken in order to babysit the neighbour’s kids
• Another day at the steering wheel learning to drive
• Another day of cleaning their room as they pack for college
• Another box taken into their first apartment
• Another embrace
• Another tear
• Another breathe of their fragrance

Psalms 127:3 says, “Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.”

Sometimes we get caught up in the busyness and routines of life and our gifts become so familiar we forget how delightful our Treasures really are. And we forget to say thank you for The Treasures we treasure.

All of a sudden time has quickly flown by, the years have come and gone, and we are left staring into an empty bedroom no longer filled with childhood treasures . . . only childhood memories. We are left with failing memories and grasping the sand slipping through the hourglass of time.

No one understands the process of letting go of “their” Treasured Ones . . . except God. The ongoing process of letting go is just that . . . a process of letting go. Holding them with open hands . . . and releasing them to God . . . and entrusting them to Him.

Just as Mary was “treasuring up all these things in her heart and meditating on them” (Luke 2:19), so must we. Treasuring each milestone, each momentous  occasion, each laughter, each teardrop, each moment . . . because our goal should be to raise up, release, and let go of our Treasures . . . so God can call them to great things.

Jo-Ann P.