No, I'm not talking about turning our time pieces back. This is not a spring ahead-fall back thing; this is about history repeating itself. Today I was getting the two youngest grandsons ready for school and it dawned on me that three years ago, I was doing the exact same thing. My daughter has returned to Mississippi to take care of some important business for the next two weeks. I, on the on the other hand, am playing mom. Waking the boys who are 10 and 11, helping with homework, picking out school clothes, and just helping in which ever way I can to be their "mom" until she returns.
Time really flies, things change and yet; we, at times, find ourselves in the same circumstances that we've already gone through. You know, there are even times when you find yourselves saying and doing certain things and you think, "Oh my goodness! I've turned into my mother!" Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with good ole mom, it's just a bit unsettling when you look into the mirror one day and you resemble her! You also find that mom was pretty darn smart.
Today, I honestly feel that things are going in reverse. Right after Hurricane Katrina blew my daughter with her husband and three children up here to be near family. It was bitter-sweet then and I loved the fact that after twelve years, she would be near by. Knowing that she had lost everything was not even fathomable to me. I could see the pain in her eyes. I remember the day that I had found a small box of baby clothes that she had sent me for my doll collection. They were the boy's baby clothes. She opened the box and smelled them holding them close to her heart while tears fell from her eyes.
Even the boys were missing their teachers and friends. You could tell that they had learned a very difficult lesson. Things change! They had gone through the rubble and found some of their favorite toys, but many of their favorite toys had either been water logged or blown away. Their young lives had dealt with a hardship that many adults don't even face. I just hope that it made them stronger for whatever their lives may bring.
So, as we wait for my daugter's return, we will make the best of the time we have. The cold fall air may very well blow them back to the warm southern states. Only time will tell. I want what is best for all of them. Selfishness has no room here! When you try to live by God's Will, things are always for a season. Perhaps, a new adventure is ahead of all of us. Just take it a day at a time, even if means rolling backward.
