Missing Loressa

I haven't been on here for a long time. My summer has been busy, but fun. It was full of mission trips, Vacation Bible School, youth camps and many days filled with random activities in order to be prepared for all of those big events. I started off excited about the summer, but dreading the end of it because of a very important milestone for our family that I knew was coming. I was hoping the day wouldn't really come, but, of course, it did come and now we are on the other side of it. My second oldest daughter, Loressa, left for Texas Tech to begin her adventure of living away from home. I wasn't sure that I would make it through the weekend of delivering her to Lubbock, but I did. I didn't make it without buckets full of tears, but I did make it through. For the last two weeks of summer, all I could think about were her days as a little girl. Oh, how I miss those days...I miss all of her little quirks. I miss the way she would only wear "spin around" dresses and her hair always looked like a mess because the pony tails had to be loosened just the right amount immediately after I put them in her hair.  I miss all those years that we played light-up electronic solitaire at night under the covers when I was supposed to be singing her to sleep. I miss a million other things about her childhood and I always will, but right now I also miss the all grown-up Loressa-the beautiful, wonderful, talented young woman who still has a million different quirks, and it is still those little quirks that make her so lovable. To say that I treasure all of my special memories of Loressa is quite an understatement. I hope and pray that the future holds many more special moments and the opportunity to make many more memories...Lately, I've been thinking back to my days of being a young mom so many years ago. I still remember older mothers telling me about how quickly time flies... I really wish that they hadn't been right.