Andrew is away from home for the first time without us. Just before it was time to get picked up to go Andrew was quite anxious. It would have been easy to say stay but he won't learn and grow if we don't encourage him to step out of his comfort zone.
He has gone on a retreat program called Ask & Imagine. http://www.askandimagine.org/ The program brings youth from across Canada to ask questions and explore their faith. I know that he needs this time away from us to grow and explore. I look forward to hearing about his adventures in emails from the program. I know that this experience will change and challenge him.
It will also be a time of challenge for Josh who will miss his brother a great deal. I will have to make sure that we keep him busy. Our support worker is with Andrew so for the most part Josh and I will have lots of time together over the next week and a half.
I think that all of us may be doing some growing up in the days to come.
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