Yesterday was a pretty significant day in my life. My middle daughter Kimberly graduated high school and I turned 40 years old. I hope you were able to obtain a free doughnut to celebrate with me as it was also National Doughnut Day.
I am very proud of my daughter. Actually I am proud of all three of my daughters, but because yesterday was her graduation, I am focused upon Kim right now. She graduated with honors, which entitled her guests to sit in chairs on the field for graduation. (My south Georgia readers may be surprised to learn that most high school football stadiums in north Georgia have seating capacity just a fraction of a typical south Georgia stadium.) I am proud of Kim for her accomplishment in the classroom.
We were here two years ago for my oldest daughter Lizzie's graduation. Here we sat again through the ceremony. As the senior class president gets up to speak, I turn and ask my youngest daughter Marlea if that is the same girl that was hanging out with Kim just the other day. Indeed it is; I know her by her nickname. I recognize that the senior class vice-president, the recipient of the only award given out graduation night, and the author of the senior song are also all three friends of Kim who had been to our home. It makes me proud to know that my daughter has chosen friends who are successful. Our friends have an influence on us, no matter what our age, so I am glad she has chosen wisely.
As I sit through the over 300 names that are called after Kim has received her diploma, I look up at the sky. The sky is a rich blue with a few white thin clouds scattered about. It is as if I am staring at a painting of the sky because from the moment I notice it, the sky does not move at all. For over an hour the clouds remain perfectly motionless. There is no breeze at all. The only changes to the sky are the occasional balloon released upward and the passenger jets streaming towards Atlanta. I don't know that I have ever witnessed clouds stay so still for so long.
I pray that Kim will be richly blessed as she commences her adult life.
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