Growing Up

We are just coming towards the end of a great summer holiday together. My little girls are brown and even more blonde and have most definitely had growth spurts. I have been feeling more and more emotional about Beth starting school this September - okay so it's technically nursery, but as she has to wear a school uniform it feels like quite a big deal!! I cannot believe she is as old as she is and in many ways feel like the time has just passed me by.


It is an odd thing when you can no longer get away with babying you're oldest child and often hear the pharse, "but I'm a big girl mummy." In some ways it is painful to let you're children grow up - you want to cling on to them completely needing you for a little bit longer! One of my biggest prayers is that Bethy and I will always be the best of friends - even when she can read and write, even when she does her first school concert, even when she becomes a teenager and when she eventually leaves home. But my biggest prayer is that she is full of the holy spirit and grows up with the knowledge that she is loved by the King of the Universe.


It is so easy to spend time worrying about your kids - will they fit in? Will they learn well? Will they be happy? I am so glad that I can entrust Bethy, Poppy and Bella to a Father who knows them inside out and who wants to prosper them. It also helps to know that even though I am now 28 - I still sometimes only want my mum! 


When Beth is grown and has babies of her own, I hope she grasps how much I love her!