Sunday, April 18, 2010

Donna's Thoughts: Sometimes you just have to do the hard thing. . .

Donna's Thoughts: Sometimes you just have to do the hard thing. . .

Sometimes you just have to do the hard thing. . .

This blog comes from a mama's heart....and is one of the hardest things so far that I feel I must write about. You see I have a little boy that is seven years old and he does not live with me. You are thinking now that well he lives with his dad and no he does not. He currently resides with my sister and her husband and children.
It will be a year this May that I made the decision to send my son to live with his aunt and uncle. There are no words to describe what this did to me inside. Tears in my eyes as I sit here and type. I will not go into my past right now and describe circumstances that brought all this about....when the time is right I do hope to share those things.  This has nothing to do with me being on drugs or being an alcoholic, it does have to do with me doing the right thing for my son. My son's dad and I had been divorced for almost five years when my son left. He had been diagnosed  by a child psychologist as ADHD and was acting out horribly at school. His dad nor I had the money to give him the things that he needed. I began to pray for direction for my son's life and felt led to call my sister and discuss with her the possibility of him coming to her home for a year and see how he does. I called her and she talked with her husband and both felt that it would be best for him to stay with them.  I am happy to report my son is doing great. He is in a settled enviroment, being home-schooled and playing baseball and his team is winning. It has been horribly difficult on me, but I know that I know I did the right thing.

I have shared this to let my readers know that sometimes we just have to do the hard thing. Me allowing my son to leave was not about me, I want him here with me.....The best thing I could have done was to let him go......I know from experiance that time has a way of proving things out.....

So what I would say to you my reader is when faced with having to do something difficult and you know it is what you are supposed to do, just take that leap of faith and do it and  TRUST GOD!