Today is Jonathan's sixth birthday.  Luke will be 12 on Saturday.  It's hard to believe... it seems like he was born just last month.  Which makes me feel really old.  It made me stop and see how fast time truly does fly by!      Hannah, my best friends younger sister, told me last night that she's been feeling old since her birthday (she turned twelve in December) and she told my friend that if she is feeling old at twelve then she must feel ancient since she's roughly ten years her senior.    It's amazing how younger children perceive us young adult, huh? 

This is not at all 

How we thought it was supposed to be

We had so many plans for you

We has so many dreams

But now you've gone away

And left us with the memories of your smile

And nothing we can say

And nothing we can do

Can take away the pain

The pain of losing you

And we can cry with hope

We can say good-bye with hope

'Cause we know our good-bye is not the end

And we can grieve with hope

'Cause we believe with hope

There's a place where we'll see your face again

We'll see your face again

And never have I known

Anything so hard to understand

And never have I questioned more

The wisdom of God's plan

But through the cloud of tears

I see the Father smile and say 'well done.'

And I imagine you

Where you wanted most to be

Seeing all your dreams come true

'Cause now your home

And now your free

We have this hope as an anchor

'Cause we believe that everything

God promised us is true

And we can cry with hope

We can say good-bye with hope

'Cause we know our good-bye is not the end

And we can grieve with hope

'Cause we believe with hope

There's a place where we'll see your face again

We'll see your face againWe wait with hope

And we ache with hope

We hold on with hope

We let go with hope