No one ever told me it would be this hard to watch.
I flash back to years ago, when I watched a toddler try his legs, wobbling all the way. He leans, he tips, and...I run with an outstretched arm, longing to catch him and spare him any pain.
But he falls. And my heart hurts for him.
I shake my head, bringing me back to the present. Seated here in the Spectator Mom section of the dating game, I watch those steps again. I resist crying, "Don't break my boy's heart!"
He's wise for his years; he makes good choices. But fall we all must, and no one can really absorb that shock for us.
But the good thing about falling -- whether in your first attempts to walk or to date or just in living life -- the good thing is, we learn from the falls.
As a mother, I don't want to see my boys hurt; I want to spare them the pain. But it's part of love, you know? And it's part of life. The bottom line is that Someone greater than me -- Someone who loves with an infinite love -- is there to soften all the blows of life.
No one ever told me it would be this hard to watch, though.
Do I wish I'd known? Probably best that I didn't. The less I know, the more I have to rely on that Someone greater.
So, I sit back, with a heart full, and I lean on Him.
Linking up with Bonnie today for What I Wish I'd Known About Dating, part of her Unwrapping Love series.
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