I think the hardest thing I have ever done was take my daughter to college. She goes to Union University in Jackson, TN, which is 51/2 hours away. I'll never forget taking her and moving her in her dorm in August of 2009. Move in day was Saturday and after a long day of carrying way too much stuff up to her second floor room there was a worship service for all the new freshmen and their families that evening. At the end of the service the President said, "We're going to have a time of prayer for all the freshman. Would all the family members please move to the outside of the room and all the freshmen move to the center of the auditorium." After a time of prayer he then said, "Say goodbye to your children now, we will take good care of them!" To say the least, it was very unexpected, at least it was for me. But we made it through the remainder of the weekend without seeing her and things moved along alright. But the hardest thing has been saying goodbye. It seems like that all we do is say good bye. She comes home for a few days or we go there for a couple of days but we always, too soon, say goodbye. I know my daughter is where she is supposed to be and I have seen her grow up in so many ways but I hate the goodbyes! It makes me all the more grateful knowing that there will soon be a time when we will never say goodbye. I think that if I didn't have that hope the separation now would be too much -- It just wouldn't be worth it. But there will be a time when we will never say goodbye! I am so thankful for that hope!!
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