I know your pain. I had no kids with me for fireworks, either. The little girls were with my sister, oldest with her friends, and S3 in a car traveling home with DH. I am choosing to consider it a stepping stone across a large river, laying a path to a restoration where these separations will not happen in the future. Naive? Maybe. But God is mighty and I do not know his plan, only that right now, his will is that I stand strong and believe. So I do.
While I was sad about being alone, I remembered all the past years, the joy in my children's eyes as they watched the colorful explosions and the love that filled DH and I watching them enjoy the fireworks. And I thanked God as I watched the fireworks. I thanked Him for being blessed enough to live in a free country where I have liberties and freedoms that others can only dream of. I thanked Him every small blessing in my life that I take for granted, only because they have always been there. And in the thanking, I found peace.
Find your peace, AK.
Living God's blessings with grace and dignity~ SMW
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Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. I Corinthians 13:7
