Letting Go

Letting go and allowing your children to be apart from you can be a difficult task.  When my daughter was a little, energetic girl, I would welcome an offer of someone taking her for a few hours. Now that she is older, I am a bit more reluctant to have her go spend the day or night with a friend.

Why is that?

I guess I worry about her more.

When she was little, she would stay put in someone's home.  As a tween, she is off to the mall, games, and other activities where she is a passenger in someone else's vehicle.

I know it's a responsible adult driving and I know she is well supervised.  However, several years ago I was marked by the death of an 8 year old girl in our church.  My daughter was 3 at the time.  The little girl of the family was at a sleepover and the father was bringing her back home. It was a fluke accident.  The 8 year old girl and her friend were killed instantly.

I know I shouldn't worry.  Worrying does no good.  I need to trust that God is protecting her in all her activities.  I guess it's just hard to continue letting go as she gets older.

Sheesh...I can't even imagine what it will be like when she begins driving.  I better start praying now that I don't have a nervous breakdown in 4.5 years!