You're Growing

Mom and I just finished cleaning out the freezer and the pantry. It seems just like yesterday we were doing the same things, and yet…three bags of trash later, I realize just how long it’s really been.

I thought to myself, “Time moves so quickly. The days just keep turning to months and the months keep turning to years before we even know it.”

And then I thought of a song that I wrote many years ago.

For anyone who knows anyone who is growing in any way (which is really all of us)—especially for those of you with graduates this year…this song is for you.

May it express your feelings toward your loved ones…and may we be life’s biggest cheerleaders for those we love most.

You’re growing up fast
Time’s slipping away
I can’t do a thing to make you stay
With me
You’re growing

Days turn to months
And months turn to years
And years turn to memories that I have to hold dear
To my heart
You’re growing

I’ve known that in this life God would bring me to a place
Where I’d have to lag behind and let you run your own race
But now the time is here and it’s harder than it seemed
Letting go’s not easy though I have to set you free
‘Cause you’re growing

I look at you now
And I have to smile
Knowing where you’ve been and where you are
Right now
Growing

We’ve weathered some storms
As we’ve chased our dreams
We’ve laughed and we’ve cried and we’ve learned how
To love
Growing

(repeat chorus)

I’ll think of you every day
And when I do
I’ll fall on my knees
And pray
As you’re growing

I can’t carry your cross
But I know one who can
God’s standing beside you and reaching out
God’s hand
As you’re growing

I’ve known that in this life God would bring me to a place
Where I’d have to set you free and let you run your own race
But now the time is here and it’s harder than it seemed
Letting go’s not easy though I have to set you free
‘Cause you’re growing