I went to Deanna's Friday and came home yesterday after church. Marissa's eighth grade graduation was Friday evening. She was great got two scholastic awards and one included some public service. It was clear how much her teachers thing of her, very rewarding to for me. All in all very impressive ceremony Rich (as a member of the school board) gave Marissa her diploma. I am awfully proud of her. Her last report card was all A's!
Scott had his report card too. He had a 3.0, made the honor roll and was a "gold star student". He let me read his Mission report and it was very good. He got an A+ from his teacher and it was obvious how much work she put into grading it. He was very proud that his marks are so good and everyone seemed to help reinforce his self pride.
As has been my practice for several years I sent them each Amazon gift certificates for their academic work. They will get the emails at their own addresses.
Watching the graduation was hard because of Jo Lynn being gone. I wanted to share this with her as we have always shared milestones like this. She was so proud of all the kids and grandkids and she demonstrated her pride so well. I wanted to share that with her! But even though it was hard I didn't weep, so I seem to getting a little past the raw stage but I still miss her all the time. Today is Memorial day and went to the grave this morning with a dozen roses. The bronze marker is there and installed. I was surprised as it is early. It is very new from the looks of the sod around it I am sure it was just installed last week. I stayed for a while after placing the flowers. Then I called the kids on the way home.
Sometimes I feel things are not getting better but I think, really, that they are. It is still tough but better than it was.
Jake may come for dinner on Tuesday. He will be at Safeway again for a couple of days so I expect him tomorrow night for dinner. Looking forward to seeing him.
