Moving on....
My daughter is moving on. While I've waited all her life for this moment, I'm more sad about it than I thought I would be. Maybe because she and I talk a lot more than we used to. Maybe because she and I are temple buddies and go to the temple as often as we can. Even though she was gone for five months last year and we were able to adjust, and then re-adjust when she came back, I am still a bit sad to see her go. I want her to go and figure out life and be an adult. I think she's ready for that. I am a little comforted to know that she will be renting a room from my sister. She won't just be thrown into the big bad world on her own. She will also be sharing a bathroom with my niece/her cousin. With all those schedules, they may or may not see each other much, but it will be a familial environment far away from home, that might help ease her into reality.
Backing up a couple of months....
In February, I just felt so strongly that B needed to go to the temple. She was struggling with trying to get medical stuff done for mission papers. It just seemed like one hurdle after another. She was frustrated not only with the medical stuff but also with everyone in the ward asking her about her mission (I totally understand the frustration that comes from that.) So, I sent a text to the bishop one day and asked if she could get her recommend before her call and that I really felt it would help her along the way. Thankfully, he agreed that it would help and so, on March 3, B went to the temple for the first time. She wanted to go to Logan for that, as that is the temple we went to to have her sealed to us. It was so wonderful to be there with her and be her escort and be with other family members that come. It's been wonderful since then to be able to go with her to participate in the various ordinances and kind of show her 'the ropes'. She absolutely love it in the temple and is sad when we aren't able to go every week. She asked me once how to get to be a temple worker. It just does a mother's heart good!
Since then, she has felt that, while she will be able to go on a mission at some point in her life, this is not the right time. She decided she needs to go to school. And, she decided on Dixie State in St. George. Thankfully, Travis is an alumni, which makes it so she won't have to pay out-of-state tuition. But it also makes it so she is nine hours away. (This is another reason to be thankful she will be at my sister's house.)
A few days ago, I was praying, and asked Heavenly Father, "If this is the right thing for her to do, please open the way." To which He responded, "The way is already open." And then proceeded to put into my mind that B had mentioned that her manager told her she could transfer B to the St George Family Dollar if she wanted to be transferred. !Lightbulb! A few days later, after I made a post on Facebook about her going down and what suggestions people might have for housing, my sister sent me a text and said B could rent a room from her. Boom! I love that He works like that and that I have learned how to see that.
And so, at the end of June my sweet, funny B will be moving out. Sigh...…...
Backing up a couple of months....
In February, I just felt so strongly that B needed to go to the temple. She was struggling with trying to get medical stuff done for mission papers. It just seemed like one hurdle after another. She was frustrated not only with the medical stuff but also with everyone in the ward asking her about her mission (I totally understand the frustration that comes from that.) So, I sent a text to the bishop one day and asked if she could get her recommend before her call and that I really felt it would help her along the way. Thankfully, he agreed that it would help and so, on March 3, B went to the temple for the first time. She wanted to go to Logan for that, as that is the temple we went to to have her sealed to us. It was so wonderful to be there with her and be her escort and be with other family members that come. It's been wonderful since then to be able to go with her to participate in the various ordinances and kind of show her 'the ropes'. She absolutely love it in the temple and is sad when we aren't able to go every week. She asked me once how to get to be a temple worker. It just does a mother's heart good!
Since then, she has felt that, while she will be able to go on a mission at some point in her life, this is not the right time. She decided she needs to go to school. And, she decided on Dixie State in St. George. Thankfully, Travis is an alumni, which makes it so she won't have to pay out-of-state tuition. But it also makes it so she is nine hours away. (This is another reason to be thankful she will be at my sister's house.)
A few days ago, I was praying, and asked Heavenly Father, "If this is the right thing for her to do, please open the way." To which He responded, "The way is already open." And then proceeded to put into my mind that B had mentioned that her manager told her she could transfer B to the St George Family Dollar if she wanted to be transferred. !Lightbulb! A few days later, after I made a post on Facebook about her going down and what suggestions people might have for housing, my sister sent me a text and said B could rent a room from her. Boom! I love that He works like that and that I have learned how to see that.
And so, at the end of June my sweet, funny B will be moving out. Sigh...…...
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