Embrace it!

These are our 3 beautiful kids.  Our oldest is leaving for college this year, the one on the left.  The boy on the right is almost 15 and starting high school this coming fall.  The guy in the middle is our youngest but tallest now.  He will be in 7th grade.  They have made me who I am today.  We wouldn't be parents without these guys.  I am eternally grateful for them and what a blessing they are to me and my husband.  I truly love them and their personalities.  They make me laugh, cry, and they are hard work, but worth every second!

Things are changing in our home and change can be hard.  Our oldest is leaving our home to pursue schooling in college out west.  We live in the east so it will be a distance but she will come home for Christmas.  I will be the only girl in the house, but these 2 guys will keep me busy and will be doing more growing and becoming the kind of men Heavenly Father would like them to become.  I am so happy for our daughter and excited about the experiences she will have and how much her testimony will grow.

I looked up the word "change" in the dictionary and this is what it states, "to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left a lone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history."  There are bigger people in our home now.  Our youngest doesn't need me to help him with hardly anything.  They all 3 can do so much on their own.  They need us for different things now, like sharing opinions, learning, guidance in choices they are making, shelter, transportation, and love.  I am learning to embrace this change.  I either can be sad that they are all growing up and miss out on opportunities that come our way to learn from one another, or I can EMBRACE the changes and experiences they are going through.

Lehi embraced his boys doing what the Lord asked them to do.  Lehi was told by the Lord to have his sons go and get the Golden Plates from Laban and bring them back.  I learned a lot from Sariah and her sadness and worry when they were gone.  I would have been very worried also, but she taught me to have faith in what path the Lord has set for each of us.  She was mad and upset that Lehi would send them on such a dangerous journey, but she even learned that she should "embrace" the Lord and the choices that are put in front of us.

I am so thankful for this time in my life right now.  We have 3 very healthy and smart kids who strive to do their best.  I love that they are older and we can do so much with them now.  I adore these kids and they are definitely my most favorite!  So, if you are sad about a change or challenge that you are going through, EMBRACE IT MY FRIEND!  It will be so much more enjoyable and you will be able to do your very best with our Savior's help, I promise you.