Milestones
August 24, 2009
Throughout our lives there are waypoints along the path, things which occur that mark special occasions as well as the passage of time. This past week has included a major milestone for myself and our family. My son Brandon has gone off to join the new freshman class at Colorado State University. We went to Fort Collins to help him move into the dorms, and saw all the other parents there; some tearful, some full of advice, some concerned, but all hopeful. A milestone is set along the highway, it measures the miles behind, when we watched our children take their very first steps or learn to ride a bike. Those miles in the midst when we walked our child to the first day of kindergarten, hand in hand and hopeful. Those memories of painful orchestra concerts or dropped balls on the field, those times when others hurt them and we could not do anything but comfort and encourage them, and know that time would heal this wound too. Today that marker along the edge of the road is like a starting line, chalked on the pavement for 4000 freshman students to line up and wait for the starters pistol to fire. Bang! Go! It is your turn to mark the milestones along the journey of life, to create memories, to be hopeful. We are always there for you, watching from a distance now, but keenly interested in the life you make for yourself, and still hopeful that you make the most of this and every opportunity.