Fast Forward

As I sit here this morning,  thoughts of the future race around inside my head.  We have had so many changes in our lives over the past 13 years.  When Paula and I first married I had three children from a previous marriage.  After our first year of marriage we had 4 young children in our house.  Those were some interesting times.

Now here we are 13 years later and the two oldest have flown the coup and the next in line is a senior in high school.  Where has the time gone?

Joshua attached himself to each of his older siblings in order.  First Jessica was his favorite in the whole world.  They were very close and he always wanted to be around her.  She is still sometimes able to get him to do things he don't really want to do.  As time passed she graduated and moved on to bigger and better and Joshua really did not understand where his big sister was and why she was not right there for him to pester.  He had a bit of anger toward her not being in the house.  But he moved on to the next in line and Johnathon became his new favorite.  John was very good with him and very excepting of him and his issues.  John went and worked at the summer camp that Joshua attends. They would go for rides in the car, John could even take him to the mall.   John had a great group of friends who also understood Joshua. This went on for several years until it was John's time to take wings.  John went into the Army and Josh was not able to see him or talk to him as much as he can Jessica.  Well then it was Jordanne's turn to be the favorite.  By this time Joshua was a big boy and Jordanne is just a tiny teenager.  There has always been concern if Joshua turned on her she could get hurt really badly.  For the most part Joshua has not been inclined to go after her.  After this year when Jordanne goes to college Joshua will basically be an only child except for the occasional visits from his favorite people on the planet.

As the family has shrunk dad has had a hard time adjusting to each one leaving home.  But I think Joshua has had a much rougher time adjusting.  His life is here and now.   When Jordanne does move away  I am not real sure how he will handle it.  But I know he will have mom and dad here to help him adjust.