Had a great time talking with our son on the way home from his first semester of college. There was a sense of freedom in his chattiness, something that I tried to treasure especially as he's been mostly 'mum' since leaving home in August, probably responding to one out of ten of my texts. I'm super grateful for how he shared that the honors program that gave him a sizeable scholarship has caused him to rethink a lot of his stands on & his approach to issues such as immigration, abortion, even day-to-day life. Life with his roommates seems to have improved since our last talking, with acts of kindness mutually shared (eg: staying up to help one roommate not miss his flight back home up north, and sharing both light and heavy moments of discussion). He's also getting to know an attractive young psychology major on a soccer scholarship who recently underwent arthroscopic surgery as they caught each others' eyes near the physics building. Some of what he said...
"We already talked about that and we agreed that sex is only for before marriage." (we laughed when I pointed out the error... Freudian?)
"Oh wow! I'd love to go with you on a mission trip, maybe to Asia! I could teach the children."
"There's no way I would get into drugs or alcohol -- I don't even know why people would want to do that kind of stuff."
"God saved me in so many ways this semester." (favor with finals preparation and getting to his piano jury appointment)
"I need to stick to my schedule"; "I could do better with my time management"
May the Lord continue to build up this young man in His beautiful ways!
