Spread Your Wings Baby Bird

As you may already know, Taylor has been at camp this week. She went with Heartland Community Church to X-FUGE in Ridgecrest, NC. Of course, she was so excited about going to camp. I was excited too. Going to camp was always a blast when I was a teenager. So this week has been different around the house. It hasn't slowed down any at all for Bobby and me. Our schedules have been jammed packed between work, going to the Ray's game, family group and church stuff. But some ways have been quieter- there hasn't been any jokes being played, no wrestlemania in the family room, no arguments about cleaning the bedroom, no giggles, even our dogs seem a little less excited about life this week. (of course all they really do is just sleep all day and soak up the airconditioning- worthless mutts!) Taylor has called a couple of times. While talking to her, it dawned on me that she is so mature! She has been taking responsibility for herself this week. It was so cool to realize that her growing up is kinda like a momma bird pushing the baby bird out of the nest to learn to fly. In a sense, that is what we do with our children. We teach them how to do life and then at some point it is time to fly. Dont get me wrong this little birdy isnt quite ready to fly on her own yet, but I know that she is on the right path. It is really exciting to see her grow. She is growing in so many ways- physically, mentally, spiritually... What a gift that God gave to us when He allowed us to be her parents. A poem comes to my mind, I cant remember who wrote it, but the words permiate my mind. "Who gets more pleasure from this rocking, me or this baby of mine?" I read that when Taylor was in the NICU after she was born. I made my mind up that precious little girl was always going to know what a pleasure she is to me and that I could only hope that she would always have pleasure from me and would be able to pass it on to her children and grandchildren someday. I cant wait to see my baby bird come home to the nest on Saturday night.