Just and merciful God, for whom a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like a day, where on earth did the time go? How is it possible that these little people who I feel like just arrived on the scene are already singing a song with their classmates, receiving diplomas, and moving on to first grade? Your ways are higher than our ways, to be sure. Grant us both the ability to recognize that it is only kindergarten and that there’s a long way to go in their school career, but also Lord let us savor every single second of a childhood that is passing entirely too fast. Guard our hearts, and allow us to be intentionally present with our children this summer. In the name and for the sake of the Father of Time, Jesus Christ his Son, and in the Power of the Holy Spirit, Amen.