Editors Note: This article is written by BCC Counselor, Colleen Ryan as part of our series on Relational Health. In this series, our counselors are sharing biblical principles to strengthen and improve all kinds of relationships.
I’m sure most of us can remember the joy we felt as we were anticipating the birth of our children. The awe of wondering what he/she would be like, their interests, type of personality, and who they might look like. Knowing that we had 18 years to raise them, disciple them, and teach them, it seemed like time was on our side.
Yet, in a blink of an eye, we find ourselves at their high school graduation, ready to launch them into adulthood, and we wonder, where did all the time go? What is our role now?
If we think back to how we helped them navigate transitioning from crawling to walking to running and then riding a bike, we can all agree that those transitions were essential to their growth. And so we taught them, encouraged them, and cheered them onto the next transition.
But oftentimes we forget that we also need to be engaged in transitions as well. We need to begin
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