On Saturday I took my oldest two boys to a ranch in the Black Hills to work for a few weeks. They are 16 and 14 and I felt the work and the time away from mom and dad would do them some good.
And I am sure it will.
I think it will do me some good too. I love my children but have thought a great deal about the day they would leave the nest. I knew early on that my job as their father was to teach them enough that they would be independent and ready to leave the nest when the time came. That's what this two week trip to the hills was all about. The shock is how hard it is for me to have them gone. I never knew I would miss them so, would worry so much about them, would question my own parenting. All my thoughts are with them.
This is good for me. In a few more years when they go off to college, missions and marriage, it will still be hard, but a few more times away and it won't be as hard...on me.
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