The Driveway Moment

The car is packed to the roof and window to window. Your child is ready to leave, that is, to leave home for good. Oh, they'll be back in one way or another, but childhood is over. When the car backs out of the driveway and disappears into the traffic in just a moment, childhood will be over.

Five great questions of life: Life * Love * Learning * Labor * Leadership

The Driveway Moment

The car is packed to the roof and window to window. Your child is ready to leave, that is, to leave home for good. Oh, they'll be back in one way or another, but childhood is over. When the car backs out of the driveway and disappears into the traffic in just a moment, childhood will be over.

You grab your kid and hug them in a way that they only slightly understand. Then you slip them an envelope with a note you've prepared for this moment.

What's in your note?

I want to know because the book I'm writing is all about the driveway moment. What can we say that will be of any help for our kid to make it to that moment of hugging their own kid in their own driveway someday? What do my kids need to guide them?

I'm a Jesus guy. My identity is wrapped up in the historical Jesus Christ who came from heaven, was born in a stable, lived a sinless life, died for the sins of those who seek him, and lives as the eternal Son of God. That belief reverberates through every area of my life. It's all over my note.

That's part of my story. What's your story? This inaugural post of the Tau Zeta Chi Fraternity blog is all about you. As a parent, what would you say? Or what did you say, if the moment is past? What's meaningful to you about that transition moment?

As the child on the way out, what words will mean the most from your parents and mentors? And if that moment is history, how did it go for you? How will you do it when it's your turn?