This past Friday night one of my great nephews graduated from high school. The high school that he went to is a small school in a small town with about 30 seniors that graduated this year. 

I was very impressed with the academic achievements of the students as well as their athletic achievements and abilities. One student received a large rodeo scholarship. There were several full scholarships to a couple of universities. And then there were baseball and volleyball scholarships in the athletic department. While football is king in the south, I don't recall any football scholarships.  Those 30 students racked up a cool half million dollars in  scholarships!!!

Another thing that impressed me was the great sense of community pride and support there was in that graduating class and town as a whole. (I live in another community).  I listened to how so many community organizations and churches had supported the school and the students. I heard the accounts of how the students had worked together and played together throughout their 13 years of school together. I listened as one couple expressed their gratitude to the students and teachers as they handed out scholarships in the name of their son, who was a senior this year and graduating posthumously as he died a few months ago. The gym where the ceremonies took place was packed to the ceiling with parents, family and friends. 


The most important thing I was impressed with was our nephew.  I was so very proud of him. I know of some of the struggles and hardships he has had during his high school years. While he didn't graduate cum lade,  so far as his family and friends that love him are concerned, he graduated with the highest honor of all.


Congratulations Alex!!!!   The best is yet to come....

Still Behind

The faster I run the behinder I get or something like that.  You see the other day when I decided to spend some time and work on each page of this blog and post a bunch of pictures to tell the tales, what happens. Blogger goes down. I had just finished downloading a bunch of pictures, doing a lot of prose and then hit the post page button and, and, and I get this message saying something like; We are sorry for the inconvenience, but...   Inconvenience?!!!   I felt like punching something! After all the time I put in all was lost. I don't have time to waste like that! It was more than a non nonchalant inconvenience, it was a disaster!

Well enough negativity. I'm still behind and I've decided it doesn't matter. This blog isn't a journal.  Yes, I know that a blog is suppose to be an online journal, but I don't consider this my journal. This blog isn't an account of my life or is it? Anyway, I don't consider this blog my journal. . This blog is a...  this blog is a...  it's a blog or a blur or maybe it is a journal. I don't even know anymore!.  And now I'm wondering why am I writing this, this, blog???  Well, I know why I started it, but for all I know I am just sitting here wasting my time writing of all things on earth ...a blog!!!!!!!!!!

More to come, I suppose.

CATCHING UP!

 Yes, I'm behind. Very very behind and I'm here to catch up on the blog or at least try to.I've not posted in such a long time that I really don't know where to start. They say a picture is worth a thousand words so I'll try to catch you up on all that has been going on at Blessing Hill in a few pictures. Try the different tabs as there might be a surprise under each subject!  

Kevin played Basketball on the Spurs League for the first time this year. Here he is getting his award at the end of the year Awards Ceremony. He had a blast playing basket ball this year. His daddy and I did too.

 

 

Sorry about the crocked photo.  Here he is showing off his award. The picture shows the back side of the medal. The front side is really pretty.  He is proud...the rest of the family is too!

Wow!

It has been over a month since I've posted! I will have to do something about that...today!
 For now though, I have to get crackin' at doing the other things in life that I have to do...right now!
While you're waiting for the new post (later today) here is a preview of some of the things I'll be blogging about in the different tabs...