I made it.
Yes, I cried....almost immediately. Yes, she cried..privately, when she hugged my neck and whispered in my ear, "Thank you."
We have graduated our first born from high school.
She looked so beautiful and we were so proud. Not just of her academic achievements, but of the young woman she's become.
So many family and close friends there to celebrate this wonderful moment in our lives.
Those that were there the day she entered this world. Those that were there when she took her first steps, said her first words. Those that were there when we decided to leave public school and those that were there when we took our first steps into homeschooling. Those who've cried with her over broken relationships and the deaths of friends. Those who sold her her first car and who watch (with their stomachs in their throats) as the poor car never stays in the driveway for long. (She bought her car from our neighbors)...Those that were there who work with her everyday and mean far more to her than the label, 'co-worker'.
Those that couldn't be there, but were lifting her up in prayer because they knew that meant the most.
THANK YOU.
Friends and family listening to Beth speak on her school years.
Holding the gift that her 'little brother' gave her.
Beth with Mom and Dad after receiving her diploma.
3 comments:
Ahhhh... !!! Congratulations.. but this post and the last are makin' me cry! Oh my... my boy is 9.. halfway to 18. HALFWAY.. already? No, no... it cannot fly by that fast.. it just can't. But, it did, and it does, and it will. Congratulations.. now, the next phase of your job is waiting.
Congratulations to your daughter. May the Lord bless and direct her in the next step of her journey.
It's a hard thing for us to watch our "little girls" grow up. Such a array of emotions -- joy, pride, sorrow. Just swinging back and forth from one to another can make you dizzy. My first born just finished her last day of homeschooling with me. She starts her first job in a few days. Then she's off to school for her RN in the fall.
Who ever would have thought it would all fly by so quickly?
Yay! Good for her! I pray God will guide her steps and make her path clear.
Love,
Beth
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