Time flies

Time is flying by and the Little Man is now dating. Just kidding, but I LOVE this picture from Dollywood with him driving Joanna. The kids loved this park and watching them drive around that track made me smile.

I would love to report to you that things have settled down, but that is not the case. We have a busy week this week and then next weekend we are going to Arkansas for Labor Day weekend. I am looking forward to seeing my family over there and getting to visit with my mom who has been there for a few weeks already. I was telling the Little Man that we were going to be riding on a plane and I felt a pain in my heart. I thought about our last time on a plane was flying to Jacksonville in hopes of being with my dad before he died. That day just doesn't even seem real now. It's like it happened to someone else. I so hoped I would make it in time, but that was not God's plan. I was standing in line in the check-out and looking down and I noticed the man in front of me had legs and ankles that looked just like my dad. I tried to imagine that I was standing behind Dad and that I could just tap him on the shoulder and he would turn around and hug me. That is crazy, I know. I think of him so many times a day and I miss him terribly. I miss the times when he would call me during the day. I knew he was thinking about me and just picked up the phone at work and called to check on us. I missed going to Fripp Island with him and mom this summer. I know the Knight missed their time together on the golf course. Man, Dad loved him so much and it made me so happy that they got along as well as they did. Oh, it's late and I have to stop or I will get myself too upset to sleep.

I am really learning to trust God more and to realize that He really does have my best interest in mind. I feel closer to Him now than I've ever been. I want to serve Him more than I ever have. My dad would be so happy about that.