How can she be old enough for school????

Well, today is unofficially the last day of real summer. School starts for most people tomorrow, including my daughter. I knew this day was coming but it really seemed far away... While one part of me is really excited for this new chapter in her life, another part of me has real trepidation about it. Since certain laws in this country have been recently passed I feel really nervous about what she might be exposed to in the school system. So this week I am holding on tightly to this verse: "Do not be anxious about anything but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4: 6-7.

Also, as a sort of follow up to "God given guilt???" my daughter has been asking a lot more about her dad lately and it is very painful... The other day she was playing with her dolls and she was saying that they (the dolls) weren't a real family because the father had left. Of course that led to a big talk. I knew these sorts of conversations were coming but I guess I figured after five years of preparing for them, they wouldn't be quite as painful as they are. But God is good to me and He has been giving a lot of comfort to me lately... mostly through His Word but it seems... (weird as it may sound) that on nights when I ache so much inside that I can almost feel myself shriveling, I can feel His love coming through, providing a comfort and sense of peace that renews me. I will say it again, I serve a great God.