After her son drove away, Joanna came back inside to find her youngest son, 4-year-old Crew, waiting for her to play with him as if nothing had changed.
“The light softened, my heart swelled, and at that moment I knew how essential that rhythm is, to lose and then gain, to have and to hold, only to let go. It was a gift of perspective.” She continues, “It was this beautiful and gracious reminder of the bigger picture. Showing me that highs follow lows, that sorrow and joy can go hand in hand. And that letting go reveals what else our arms are made to carry.”
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Moms near and far flocked to the comments with support and love, with many sharing the same sentiment as their own children “drove away,” or headed off to college—or kindergarten.
“How did you even read that without crying?” One user wrote.
“Crying my eyes out, they grow up so fast,” wrote another.
Others related the story to that of Ecclesiastes 3—that there is a time for everything.
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven…” Ecclesiastes 3:1
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