The craziest thing happened this week.
For the first time, all three of my kids drove to school together.
My two oldest already attend Mater Dei, and my youngest was there for a shadow day. So that morning, I watched all three of them get in the car, pull out of the driveway, and drive off together.
And I just stood there.
It was such a simple thing, but it put a lot into perspective for me.
There are moments in parenting when you realize you have to let go. You have to trust that the years of conversations, lessons, boundaries, mistakes, second chances, and hopefully a whole lot of love have prepared your kids for the world outside your front door.
You have to trust that you raised them to make good decisions. To look out for each other. To know right from wrong. And then, sometimes, you have to watch them drive away and have faith that they will be just fine.
I think life is a lot like that, too.
There are seasons when we want to hold on tightly because we don’t know what is waiting around the corner. But sometimes, the best thing we can do is let go, trust what we have built, and have a little hope for what comes next.
The car drove off that morning, and I was left standing in the driveway thinking about how quickly life moves.
Maybe that’s the lesson.
We can’t always control where the road leads. We can’t always prevent the storms. But we can do our best to prepare, to love well, to trust the work we’ve put in, and to keep moving forward.
Because eventually, the storm passes.
And sometimes, when we finally let go and look up, there is a rainbow waiting for us on the other side.
