Day 659 – Grayson’s Journey

Dear family and friends

Today we held a farewell dinner for Lauren before she heads across country to start a new life. She is taking a leap of faith in herself to try a life in a part of the country that she has visited twice previously, and that she really feels connected to. There is also a romantic interest there which increases the attractiveness of the area! We are understandably sad that she will be so far away, but we have faith that she will make the right choices to make her new life in Kentucky a success. Here we are today at Gladstones in Malibu enjoying our meal together.

There was a lot of audio and visual noise for Grayson today – not something he always deals well with. However today he was a champ. He stayed at the dinner table with us for several hours without incident and was pleasant and accommodating all afternoon.

We have a few more days with Lauren as she will depart early Friday morning. I am reminded that as parents we are charged with giving our children roots and wings. Wings seem to grow themselves. Let us pray that the roots we gave are solid as Lauren takes this cross-country step.

Pax!

Brant