My Daughter

I watched with delight and excitement as my daughter walked across the stage during the graduation ceremony and was 'hooded', then received her diploma from OCU. She is now J. D. K., Juris Doctorate. Someone had told her something to the effect, "J. you just love to argue. You should be a lawyer". That must have sounded like a reasonable suggestion because she acted on it. For three years she has juggled law school, a job, three kids and a house. She rarely if ever complained. (I'm not sure she had the breath to spare). She balanced her schedules, study, the kids schedules, and her job and (you won't believe this one, all the while remodeling her house!). She never missed birthdays, Christmas, Easter, and thank you notes and chats with mom and friends. I've teased her about wearing WonderWoman underwear beneath her clothing for she surely must in order to rack up these accomplishments. She says she doesn't even take vitamins. How has she accomplished all this you ask. I think it is from sheer grit and determination, great focus and an energy that could only come from within.......even after several well meaning friends and family suggested that it couldn't be done. I think we've all learned that J. can do whatever she sets her mind to and the standard warning is this: If you see her looking in your direction, you might want to move out of the way.

Ask me if I'm proud of my daughter. She has been the star in my sky from the first moment I saw her, and yes, heard her screaming in the hospital nursery. She has eclipsed everyone in both her dad's and her mother's families in looks, intelligence and education. I am in awe of her and all that she is. She is not only all that, she is the sweetest person I know. And God has blessed me by putting her in my life.