My oldest is about to graduate high school. All the adages about it doesn’t seem so long ago certainly apply. The road to this point has not been easy but it has been worth it. There were many times that I didn’t believe he would actually make graduation on time with the rest of his class. There have been arguments, fights and punishments over things large and small, over effort (or rather lack there of), grades, and attitude.
It’s not that he’s not a smart young man. He’s very bright (ok, all parents say that) when he applys himself. It’s just that he has a hard time of doing just that. He must have decided that it was worth it and since late in his Junior year he’s applied himself more and I think been pleasantly suprised with the results. His Senior year has actually been quite good. Perhaps he just has Senior-itis since the beginning of 8th grade.
His next level of education is life: job, driving, making his way into the world. Perhaps that’ll involve additional schooling or the military (which he has talked to us about). I want for him what my parents wanted for me: success in whatever you do coupled with a secure and supportive place to return to while spreading the wings.
Since we’re planning an extended vacation to Hawaii to celebrate this event, he won’t be looking for a job right away, and I don’t think it’ll start to seem strange until September when my youngest heads back to school and he doesn’t. I image he’ll live at home for a while and that’s OK with his mother and me. Learning life takes awhile.
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