Independence

We know the day will come.  The day when David will want to dress himself, pick out his own clothes and tie his own shoes.  Someday he'll choose what he will eat, bring home friends we've never met and want to see a movie with friends and not us.  Although these days seem far off, they will come before we know it.

Independence.

Little did we know his first step toward independence would be forced on him.  We, his parents who love that he is little and totally reliant on us, decided it was time for him to be on his own.

David spent his first night away from us since we brought him home.  No, he didn't stay with Grandma and Grandpa Robbins.

He spent the night in his own room for the first time.  Two flights of stairs away from mom and dad.  I cried when Bill carried his craddle out of our room.  Our safe, comfortable room where we can help him as soon as he needed it.

Bill and I watched a movie until midnight.  At 12:35 AM, Bill was playing Texas hold-em on his phone, I was mindlessly watching TV, and David was sound asleep in his bed.  He fell asleep just fine and only woke up around midnight because he was hot.  He then slept until 4, ate, and went back to sleep until 7:30.  A normal night for him; not for us.

I guess that's how it will be: We will have more turmoil than he will when he makes his own decisions.  We pray every night that God will show us how to raise him so he will want to love God.  We trust God will guide us each step of the way.  And He already has!

"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.  God is love.  Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him."

** Thanks Auntie Bess for the picture for David's room.