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My youngest daughter Bethany (almost 21) is moving to Colorado. She is driving with a friend and leaving tomorrow and I am requesting prayer for her safety in her trip.
I have misgivings about here going there but she needs to leave the nest sometime :depressed:
She was talked into moving there by her manipulative friend and I fear that once she gets there she will not be happy.
For the first time in our marriage my wife and I will be alone and I have mixed feelings about it.
[ 03-03-2004, 11:37 AM: Message edited by: Stew ]
Grantspastor
02-29-2004, 03:03 PM
I'll pray Stew. I know the feeling. Watching my youngest daughter drive off to college all by herself was the hardest thing!
Len Spesert
02-29-2004, 03:59 PM
I'll pray also. Keep your porch light on, children are often like the steelhead, they go away and come back several times.
Hawg Caller
02-29-2004, 04:29 PM
Been there done that...like len says they know the way home.I'll pray for all of you.
ROD&REEL MAN
02-29-2004, 04:30 PM
Stew, graemlins/hearton.gif
Hi...Saw this post and had to reply.
Bethany is in our prayers today. I know that this is often more harder on the parents than it is the child... :depressed: so I pray for Gods peace and a hedge of Angel surrounding her and your family.
:tongue: By the way, my wife is originally from Colorado and I know there are many Angels residing there, and she told me to tell you that.
"While a blessing of kindness ripples outward to others, it often boomerangs right back to the one who threw the pebble."
Scott & Sherrie (Rod & Reel Storage Ace)
Stew, our family will pray for peace and comfort for you and your wife and for a safe trip for your daughter. Don't worry brother, they don't stay gone forever and this could be a good time for you and your wife to become fishing partners! :smile:
Blessings, Keith :smile:
happybrew
03-01-2004, 06:19 AM
Praying for all of you.
happybrew
MrsSled19
03-01-2004, 08:49 AM
Our family will pray graemlins/hearton.gif
Stay strong for your wife and your daughter
they will both need your support at different
time and in different ways. graemlins/hearton.gif
CATCH AND EAT
03-01-2004, 09:20 AM
Will do Shane. Not looking forward to that day to come in my family either but it is only natural to seek independence. Will pray for strength for your daughter and of course good judgement in all that she does.
hookumhi
03-01-2004, 09:46 AM
I just said a prayer for you and your family.It was tough when my boy left, I can only imagine how hard it will be when my little girls leave home.Like they say girls are always very special with their PAPA's.God be with them .
Stew.
Boy do I feel for you, It puts a big empty hole in your life.
I will Pray. Tell her your house is like motel 6 ,, You will leave a light on for her and a key under the mat.
DAB
Kentucky Hog Hunter
03-02-2004, 12:19 AM
Saying a prayer for you Shane...
God Bless you & your family...
silently steelheading
03-02-2004, 12:35 AM
Praying for you and your family.God Bless
WildHawg
03-02-2004, 07:14 PM
May God Bless you and your family Stew...I pray that God will envelope you in a sense of peace, and watch over your beautiful child in her inevitable, but worrisome (at least from the parents perspective) time of transition.
May God give you and your family the Grace and Wisdom to lead you forward--
In Jesus' name I pray,
Amen!
PittsburghD
03-02-2004, 07:29 PM
Lord, be with Bethany as she travels to Colorado. Guide her. Keep her in your arms. Provide her with the tremendous experience of seeing your glory in the Rocky Mountains. Use this as a time of enrichment and teaching. Healing and growing. May she be a beacon of your great light as she enters each city she sees. Godspeed! In the holy and precious name of Jesus.
--Amen
Bethany arrived safely in Fort Collins last night :grin: Thanks everyone for your prayers.
WildHawg
03-04-2004, 07:07 PM
As everybody but Dad knew she would :grin: !!
Prayers are the safety net my friend, our time is written in the book of life. It's comforting in a way, but disconcering in another...
May God continue to bless you and your family--
Charlie.
buckleydux
03-16-2004, 09:21 PM
After going thru this several times with my step children I learned that kids are much more resiliant than us and see hard-ship in a completely different light than we do as parents. I spent many sleepless nights thinking, it did me no good whatsoever. I am a firm believer in "guardian angels" after these expieriences. Hope this helps in some small way. My advice, try to get some sleep and give her a cell-phone and tell her you will pay for it, the only catch is you can call if you are worried! :depressed:
This has really gone full circle :grin: My wife and I will be leaving 7/23 to go to Colorado to bring our daughter back. She couldn't make a go of it on her own and her manipulative friend ended up doing exactly what we thought she would.
I'm glad she's coming home...I missed my little girl :hearton:
I hope things work out for her and all of your family. :wave:
Stew,
I hear you about missing your little girl, went through that when mine went to boot camp.
DAB
fineline
07-11-2004, 08:50 PM
Our empty nest lasted less than 30 days. Our youngest son almost 21, has been going to PSU since then. Like I told my wife, you just got to enjoy it while you can.