except I hate viewing education in terms of "years" and "graduating." Those terms seem to imply there is a point in life when we are "finished" learning. I'm sure younger folks may think so, but the older I get, the more I learn that I don't know much!
I hope C.J. can learn this. His commencement was held Friday night and my parents actually showed up! My father-in-law and my niece drove up from North Carolina and attended the ceremony as well. C.J. was very happy indeed. I'm watching him wondering what his next step will be. He keeps changing his plans (boy, do I remember doing that at his age).
For the past several months, I have had to poor myself into helping C.J. pull his graduation together and finalize some classes he needed to finish. It is hard to let go, but my other three who are still relying on me to help them achieve educational goals need my help more than he does now.
I do not know what the future holds for C.J. I hope he makes good choices. He definitely has his faults (don't we all?), but I think the difference is when we let our faults rule us instead of vice versa.
Would I do things differently with C.J.? Oh, my, yes. I wish I had never sent him to school as a four year old. I wish he had never seen a video or computer game. I wish we had not had to travel in his early days nearly as much. I could go on and on...
My biggest wish for him is to NEVER stop learning...about His God and the wonderful world He created for us.
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