Growing up

Grant is growing up right before me and there's nothing I can do about it.  Today he reminded me that he's not a baby anymore by offering to vacuum the kitchen floor.  Hey, that works for me.  He's the one who made the mess after all.  :)  Then I asked him to go get the mail.  He told me to stay inside so he could do it by himself.  Of course it was junk mail day and all the adds kept spilling on the ground.  I just kept watching him from the window as he picked up some adds and others would fall.  After a while I went out and helped him out.  It reminded me about how it must be for Heavenly Father watching us all here on earth.  Sometimes we struggle and instead of swooping in all of the time, he lets us learn important lessons for ourselves.  It must be hard to watch sometimes.