Five Minute Friday - Stay

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One word. Five minutes to write about it. This is the idea behind Five Minute Friday and this is today's free-writing post. Sorry it's a day late!

stay a little longer

stay with me

stay home

stay calm and . . .

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Stay with me, Mommy. I still remember hearing that sentiment from my little ones. Scared of the dark, just didn't want to be alone, or worried about going into a new situation, they asked me to stay a little longer at their bedside, or to hold their hand or stay nearby as they navigated something new. 

Now they are so grown up. One married and with his own little one. One engaged and ready to be married and launch. One an independent adult even though he lives in our house. And even the youngest is no longer a child, but has finished her first year of college and is expanding her own independence. They still want me to stay sometimes, but it's different. Worded differently. Usually it's not a need but a want and it's subtle and easy to miss. I still want my mom and dad to stay longer when they are here to visit, to talk a little longer when we call each other, and I want their understanding and their good opinion over the twists and turns of my life, even though I've been independent for so many years now.

Now perhaps it's ME that wants my children to stay. Oh, not to stay children and never move out. Though I admit I hope their independence won't take them too far away. I do want them to stay nearby. And there's a bittersweet recognition that as much as I want them to become all that they can be and to chase their own dreams and purposes for their lives, I also wish I could have held onto little hands just a little longer. I want the close relationships to stay close. 

"Oh won't you stay just a little bit longer?"

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But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God."

~Ruth 1:16~

And this is, I think, what is at the heart of my wish for my family to stay together. That we would all continue to love and serve God together. I know we don't need to be in the same town to do that, but if we could be close enough to see each other often, how wonderful that would be!

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This post is linked at Five Minute Friday for the word prompt "Stay".

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