Daily writing prompt

Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.

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When I consider my life, I cannot find a time when I wanted to linger longer, enjoy and hold onto the moment, hoping it would never end.

Childhood wasn’t the most pleasant time of my life. I wanted to be free of it as quickly as possible. It had it’s moments when things went okay, but I was more in a hurry to leave it behind than linger in it.

My school years were a time of shaping my future, but there too, I wanted to graduate and move on to the next phase of my life.

After high school graduation came the most thrilling time of my life when I put on the uniform of the United States Navy. However, there too, I was moving forward.

Then came marriage. That also was a time in my life that should have been wonderful, but ended before it should have, not in the death of my spouse, but in the death of the marriage vows, divorce.

I have children and grandchildren now. I don’t see them as often as I would like.

Two of my six grandchildren are pictured with my children.

My life right now is good, yet it too will come to an end when I draw my last breath. I have many friends, and my writing to keep me company.

This is the best time of my life. Every age, every phase of my life had it’s ups and downs. I praise God for the life He gave me. I’m not in a rush to leave it behind.

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