Graduation

Had a daughter graduate a week ago. My third graduate from High School.

And a week later I'm talking about where is she going to get her Summer job.

The glow just doesn't last very long, does it.

It occurred to me that she may not have ever heard what a unique place she has in my heart. The idea was probably drown out in the thousands of harsh words and silent moments. I have mellowed some in my years. I don't take the shortcut of the man: loudly setting things right by personal force.

Instead I've had to learn that a child needs someone to slow down a little and find out the truth for themselves.

I'm always up a little earlier than anyone else in the family. She has a softball game to get to. We both had a minute. So we shared a moment when I told her how blessed we were to have her as our daughter.

Every child is different. Every child fills a God ordained place in a home. Every child has a destiny to walk through.

Today, she heard from me how she fit that God spot in our family. And always will.

Congratulations, Carissa. Glow forever!