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I've been particulary clingy these last few days
So in need of bed time and long hug talking
So appreciative of this man in my bed
in my life

This morning as I prepared my basket for the front door
as my hubby made breakfast
{I did the toast}
I thought of my mom mentioning that she can't wait to put her wreath on her new front door
and I thought of her alone again in her little room
her new home

and I thought of our son so far away
and the two of them looking for a new home

Starting out for them...
ending up...for her

Then as I drove out to our women's group
I had an overall somber feeling
on the verge of sadness
revealing that universal hidden fear
loneliness

no one wants to be alone

I don't mind at all being alone
I love getting the things done that I get done when I have the opportunity to be alone!

But I am never lonely

and I wonder about my mom being lonely
I don't want her to be lonely

My fear for Dom and Vanessa is not about being lonely
but that they are so far away...
going thru all new things...with very little help
do they feel alone in this huge world full of unknowns

And as I crossed the Cheat Bridge, the bridge I have had so many revelations on already, I had yet one more moment of revelation.
The verse from Genesis came into my mind.

The verse that was the Gospel the Sunday before Dom left
Genesis 2:24
therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and cling to his wife...

In Genesis,  Matthew 19:5 and  Mark 10:8, and Ephesians 5:31 all the times that verse is mentioned... there is no mention of the wife leaving her family or her clinging to her husband?!??!
Yet we are the clingy ones?!?
We are the ones who need to talk and snuggle...are we not?!?
and yet the command is to the man.

I guess the Lord knew we'd be clinging already... and He was just trying to give the poor guys a heads up!

I don't know
but I found great comfort in the the truth that the Holy Spirit brought to my mind with that verse.
It's scriptural
to feel clingy
and it is my husband's place to cling to me, as well.

And I felt a little less worried about our son and his fiance being all on their own...
they are doing just as they should be doing!
Being alone together
{just as my husband and I have loved being for so long.....}
and I know they will be fine, as long as they continue to cling to each other.