Collecting the Tassels

Graduation Tassels

Graduation, how sweet it is!

Recently my oldest son graduated from High School. Last year my daughter graduated from early college, she earned her HS Diploma and AA Degree.

Their accomplishments were meaningful in their own perspectives. My son was a child that did not like school. Socially, he did well, and for the most part, he was well liked by his teachers. Academically, though, he struggled, especially in math. In his junior year, things went south, very south. It forced our family into a doubtful place. We wondered if our child was going to make it. Of course, as a mom, it sent me into fighting mode. I was not allowing the evils of this world to have my son – not without a fight.

Thankfully, with the help and support of consistent prayer, our pastor, church, family and friends, he pulled it together. He graduated June 14, 2014!  He is now enrolled to begin college in July.

For my daughter, her accomplishment was admirable. Even when children have the same mother and father, and are reared in the same household, they still are very different. For my daughter, on a social level, although outgoing, she suffered with feelings of isolation, low-self esteem, and was bullied. In middle school she decided she needed to be in a HS that focused more on academics and less on whose dating whom, or whose wearing what.

She applied and was accepted into the Early College in our county. Things turned around very swiftly for her. We LOVED the school environment and she thrived, both socially and academically. She graduated May 8, and May 9, 2013! She is entering her senior year of college in the fall with hopes of continuing on to Law School.

I have done my best with my children. As a mom I’m always afraid my best isn’t good enough. Thank God for prayer and His guidance. I am beyond proud of my children. So as I love them, support them, listen to them and try to continue to guide them, I also rejoice, knowing the most important thing I have given them is my faith. With faith all things are possible!

Now I sit back, enjoy the graduations and collect the tassels from their graduation caps. I also have my youngest to prepare. He’s starting first grade in the fall. Another journey and I’m so looking forward to collecting his HS tassel as well. My children have told me that I cannot have their college tassels. I guess that’s OK. In the end, they’re the ones that have earned them. To God be the Glory!

Brook Lynn Dorcent

Author/Inspirational Speaker

Founder: JUST WRITE! - A Club for Writers

Missing the Mark (Novel One)

Pressing Toward the Mark (Novel Two)

Forgetting Betrayal (Novel Three - Summer 2014)

(Novel Four - Coming 2014)

Spirit Over Will (Devotional)

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