If you have a graduate, or maybe YOU are the graduate, I would love to share some things close to my heart.

I wrote this letter to my children last year, but often I look back over it to remind myself….to remember what is important.

“But the love of the Lord remains forever with those who fear him. His salvation extends to the children’s children of those who are faithful to his covenant…” Psalm 103:17-18

This morning, I read through some of the book of 1 Samuel.

Samuel holds dear to my heart for many reasons. One of those being that it was the very first book of the bible I read when I began this bible reading journey back in 2012.

Some of you reading this post today were with me on that journey so long ago!

Suddenly, I jostle awake. My eyes scream open, my heart rate soars. I look over at the clock, praying it’s very close to the 5:00 am wake up.

It’s not.

2:11 am.

Here we go. Again

My thought scurry loudly through my head. My mind will not shut off.

I go to the sink quietly, not wanting to wake my sleeping husband. He already lacks the gift of good sleep, so I do not want to be a contributing party to his lack.