WOOOOOSHHAAAAAAAA….. We have 47 days till graduation. 47… this is so surreal to me right now. This is a HUGE event for a lot of
reasons. First, Man-child is about to
step out into young adult hood. I will
find out whether or not all of the preaching, yelling, crying and praying has
sunk into that hard head of his. Like
all parents, I am nervous and scared but like always, I have FAITH that all is
well. I know he will make mistakes and FALL… I just
pray that he uses the wisdom I have given him and his FAITH will see him
through it all.
Second, Man-child will be the FIRST of my mother’s eleven grandchildren
to graduate from high school. My nieces and
nephews, there are six who are older than Man-child, dropped out of high
school. The girls eventually obtained
their GED’s and are working and doing OK.
My nephews… we are still praying for them. As many know, my nieces and nephews have
been subjected to a lot from their parents.
At various times, they have lived with me and my mom. Throughout it all, I have tried to keep things
constant in their lives and I have put them first, sometime above
Man-child. But, in the end, they made
their choices and they have to live with them – good and bad. I have continued to support and encourage
them.
Yes, this will be a BIG event for many
reasons. I Pray that this mile-stone
will encourage Man-child to reach for Bigger and greater things in his life and that it encourage my nieces and nephew under him to REACH for higher ground.
