I've been playing around with this blog for days now, in my head.
In case you are wondering, I think about him all the time. You won't hurt my feelings when you say his name. I miss him. I ache. You will see my smiles, laughter and my ability to function in a normal routine again. I genuinely love and appreciate my life, and I am learning to live with that ache in my heart. I love to talk about him. You see, that is how I will remember him. My sweet, passionate boy, will be part of my daily life, forever. You will have to listen to my stories, my memories, because that is all I have of him. I will see him again. What seems like so long now, will be yet a blink then. The painful times will be the memory then.
You don't realize how quickly children grow until one isn't growing anymore. That thought is painful, yet comforting. Time is passing and our time with Thao here on earth is more distant. But, my other two beautiful children are growing and learning about life with such excitement and wonder. As children grow all around me, Thao will forever be 5 in my mind. So, it's time to cherish these moments as Ava and Liam change a little each day. It's time to remember through tears and a smile, our forever 5 year old. It's time to praise God, to cling to his promises. It's time to pray continually and live in Christ, each moment of the day. Thank you, Lord, for memories, sunshine and a new day!
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - 8, 11
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
He has made everything beautiful in it's time. He has set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
In case you are wondering, I think about him all the time. You won't hurt my feelings when you say his name. I miss him. I ache. You will see my smiles, laughter and my ability to function in a normal routine again. I genuinely love and appreciate my life, and I am learning to live with that ache in my heart. I love to talk about him. You see, that is how I will remember him. My sweet, passionate boy, will be part of my daily life, forever. You will have to listen to my stories, my memories, because that is all I have of him. I will see him again. What seems like so long now, will be yet a blink then. The painful times will be the memory then.
You don't realize how quickly children grow until one isn't growing anymore. That thought is painful, yet comforting. Time is passing and our time with Thao here on earth is more distant. But, my other two beautiful children are growing and learning about life with such excitement and wonder. As children grow all around me, Thao will forever be 5 in my mind. So, it's time to cherish these moments as Ava and Liam change a little each day. It's time to remember through tears and a smile, our forever 5 year old. It's time to praise God, to cling to his promises. It's time to pray continually and live in Christ, each moment of the day. Thank you, Lord, for memories, sunshine and a new day!
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - 8, 11
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
He has made everything beautiful in it's time. He has set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.