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I Want To Be There

This is what I plan on giving.

Kenny Young
Dec 26, 2016
Grace College & Theological Seminary
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I Want To Be There

I’m not sure how many people that read this are a child of divorce or from a single-parent family. I don’t know how you got there; maybe you’re parent passed or moved or left… I’m not sure, but odds are, a fair amount of you reading this understand. I guess that after awhile you realize the mistakes your parents made.

I don’t mean that in a bad way but more of a “wow, my mom had A LOT on her plate and sometimes she didn’t always know what was going on at school, but I turned out alright” kind of moment. I know our single parents wanted to be there for more things but for whatever reason, they couldn’t be. But I want to be there.

I want to be there when my child takes his/her first steps.

I want to be there when they speak for the first time.

I want to be there when they start school.

I want to be there when they have their first boyfriend/girlfriend.

I want to see them go to prom.

I want to be there for their first heartbreak.

I want to see them graduate.

I want to meet their kids.

I want to be a part of their lives in every way that I can.


Not only that, but I want to be a part of the life of the person I love, too. I want to be madly in love with someone. I want someone to be there on the other side of the bed when I wake up in the mornings and I want someone to be there to make breakfast for. I want to be a part of everything I feel like I should have seen in my house as a kid and also, letting my kids be a part of everything I know I should have had as a kid.

I don't just want to be there, I plan to be there.

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