The Joys of Parenting

Pete and I have begun a new venture!  We have been attending auctions, buying merchandise and selling it online.  It is so much fun to have a common interest and get to spend time with my 15-year old.  We have been learning together about the costs of business, dividends (his favorite part), and the importance of buying things others will like-not stuff we want to keep! 


Lilli is waiting to find out where she will attend nursing school.  It is a joy to watch your children become the people they were meant to be.  She is spending more and more time with some mission projects which may ultimately help her decide where she wants to go.  Wherever she ends up, it will be where she's meant to be and doing what she was created to do. 


What a joy it was to travel to New York to spend the day with Andy when he graduated from a Leadership Seminar at West Point!  It was like stepping onto the real-life grounds of Hogwarts!  I was amazed and impressed with both the young people there for the seminar and the young people that are cadets at the school.  As a speaker shared, "This is actually the Greatest Generation.  This generation is coming of age in a more turbulent time than ever in history, and will deal with things we could never have anticipated. "  I think we're in good hands.