My boys and thoughts

It has been a while since I have actually written in my blog. I felt the need to tonight. I was thinking about my boys. You see the youngest one is constantly letting me know how much and how fast he wants to grow up. It appears that I am stifling his formative years because I don't do things on his timeline. He is still young and has a couple more years before he leaves the nest. The middle one is getting ready to face driving, college, and being independent and well, I admit it. I am not ready for this phase of his life. I am trying really hard but while he sees it as an adventure, I see it as another baby leaving. The oldest is the one that my heart is truly breaking for. He is facing the cold harsh world. I have and am still doing this. It isn't pretty. He is looking at it through the eyes of needing a job, debt to be paid off, etc. If it were up to me.... Unfortunately it isn't. He has to make decisions for himself because no matter what, this is his life and he has to live it. All three of them do. They are past the point of running to me to fix their problems. Now when they come to me, it is to let me know about the problem that they are working on themselves. Do I agree with their way of fixing it? No. Will I ever agree? Probably not. But then again I am the momma.
When my oldest son started dating, he would introduce us to the girls. He would later come to me and ask what I thought. Most of the time, I would tell him "Jesus said no.". He thought I was kidding until one day he realized that I was serious. There have only been a couple of occasions when Jesus didnt say no. My middle son is not much for dating. Takes after his daddy. I figure one day he will walk in the door and introduce a girl to us and tell us that they are just friends and that will be that. My youngest has started dating and he takes me serious when I tell him what Jesus has said. I know it seems silly but Jesus really does speak to my heart about the girls that my boys go out with. I just hope that they listen to what He says to them as well.
I told you in the beginning of this blog that I was thinking about my boys. They are no longer babies, toddlers, little boys. They are young men and adults. It happened so fast. I blinked. There is a song that says, "You're gonna miss this. You're gonna want this back." Boy were they right. My babies have grown up and are facing the world. Where did the time go?