White-knuckled Ramblings
S o the dresses, shoes galore, shelves, toaster oven, towels, more dresses, many more shoes, and finally me and Sarah were crammed into our car and heading west. We made a straight twelve-hour drive mama and daughter, fun times. We shopped in Austin some more and finally realized our car was literally FULL. The next day, we unloaded and set up her new place, her new home. And suddenly, we were saying good-bye. Goodness gracious…how could the years have gone by so quickly? My girl, the girl I had dreamed of, the girl named after my mother and me…beginning her life. So many tears flowed that day of good-bye. A friend of mine told me the next week, “of course there is pain in letting her go, Kathy. This was a project God gave you 18 years ago and you’ve been working hard at it for all those years.” Jesus is praying for his disciples: 6 “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. ...