Hannah assembled a DVD of pictures of her life with the
song, “Here I am” sung by artist Brian Adams.
As we watched Hannah’s personal DVD from birth to present I smiled at
all the fun we had. I glance at
Steve. He is wiping a tear from his eye.
“Are you alright?” I ask. He says, “This
is much too big of a production!” But I
know he feels what I am at this moment.
We blinked and 17+ years are gone.
After the DVD we held hands and took the long walk to the
podium to present Hannah a well earned diploma.
With much emotion I had a heart felt message for Hannah from us.
“Hannah, here you are!
We are excited to celebrate your homeschool high school graduation day! Like your older brother and sister, it has
been a joy and a blessing for you to be a part of our lives and to watch you
grow these past 17+ years.
There is a scripture found in Isaiah 50:30 it reads, “But
they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up
with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk,
and not faint.” This verse is speaking
of a strong person. God has planted all
the talent, skill, intelligence, and the dream inside of you. You have all you need. Be persistent and persevere and trust God in
your journey. Hang onto that great big
fat hairy audacious stupendous dream and NEVER allow anyone, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE
to steal it from you. We are going to watch you SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE!!
We love you!
Congratulations!!!!”
Instead of marching out Hannah flipped out!
After visiting with fellow homeschoolers at the reception we
took a short jog to Napoli’s Italian Restaurant to really get down and party
with family: Stephanie (older sister), Jeff (Stephanie’s boyfriend), Chris
(brother), Hannah (graduate and younger sister), and Twyla (Mother and Grams). It says in Romans 12:15 to “Rejoice with them
that do rejoice…” It was an awesome day
of celebrating Hannah’s achievements. Steve
and I are truly happy for Hannah and we are looking forward to making many more
wonderful memories with our children.
God has blessed us so much!
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