I Love You Big Much

I wondered if this even had anything to do with this life we've chosen to live...I've concluded that it does. Doesn't every experience, good, bad, happy, sad have it's place in life? God takes it all, shakes it up and works it all out one way or another to benefit us and bring us into a closer relationship with Him. We now live on the road in our rolling home. Our children are no longer children and our grandchildren are the lights of our life. Daily we pray all is well with all those we love and ask God to bless their lives in ways that they can't deny God's hand in all that comes their way. Jobs change, relationships struggle,  marriages fail,  finances wane, but deep down in who we are we know that there is a reason and we find peace that carries us through to a brighter day.
The hardest thing about living any unconventional lifestyle is the separation from the norm. Our normal is no longer the normal of the past. We're forced to view the struggles, losses and failures from a distance because our job is finished and letting go means trusting God to take control. Not easy, but necessary...how else can the prayer above be answered if we keep sticking our nose into God's plan for growing and carrying through to the blessing of that brighter tomorrow?  It won't, God simply waits.
I watched a video recently of our youngest grandaughters. "I love you big much mamaw"  "I love you too papaw" They are still able to hug away a hurt and a simple kiss has the power to turn a frown upside down. Odd how the tables turn as the years pass. Our children used to reach for us for the warmth and comfort of a hug and now it's us that find solace in the arms of a child. 　
the trees will soon be bare,
the holidays will come and go.
there's a definite chill in the air,
it won't be the same I know...
out with the old and in with the new,
this year with all its struggles and such.
soon will fade as new life comes into view,
...  "I love you big much"