Time to test the wings

High school graduation season is upon us.
It is winding down here in my area.
I attended a a graduation party for a young lady on Saturday.

When the nightmare is really a test

It was the dream come true for the young woman.
She attended the university that would help build on her solid foundation in faith.

All things new

Today starts a new day for a young woman I have been connected with since her birth 27 years ago.

She graduates college today.

Stress, college and a daughter

This week I am stressing out as a daughter is taking finals and will graduate on Saturday.

Hopefully.

A heavy class load, requiring lots of papers to write at the end are causing her concern and me an anxiety attack.

Always a parent, until I die.

I wish I could be there to give her a hug.

I think back more than 30 years to my final semester in college. I took a couple of curses that caused me to lose sleep up to the very end. I survived.

I know she will as well.

It is a part of the process of growing as an adult.

Reasons you haven't heard from your son in college

Ten reasons why your son hasn't contacted you since starting college:



I have a paper due every other day.



Still getting the hang of doing laundry in a co-ed dorm.



University servers are crashing because of all the music downloads.



Working really hard not to be homesick.



I forgot to tell you I have a girlfriend.



Ballroom dancing class involves a lot of video study.



We never had parties like this in high school.



Intramural croquet team plays the 9 p.m. game every night.



Trying to hack into the university's computer system takes a lot of time.



Streaking the quad takes a lot out of you.

Co-workers, friends and journeys

Friday was bittersweet at the newspaper.

It was the last day of work for a summer intern, who is the son of a co-worker. The day also marked the singing debut of another co-worker.

Both of these gentlemen I have worked with for 24 years.

We started in sports and one-by-one moved over to news side.

Through good and bad, we have been there.

This summer I had the pleasure of working closely with the one co-worker's son. The son is a gem.

Dad has been hard on him as an editor, but also has seen his son has talent that has helped us with our website. The young man is heading off to college for his freshman year.

For the first time, father and son will be apart. We will be there to get his father through.

As for the co-worker who is the aspiring singer, we in the newsroom have been entertained by him for years.

Now, with a web cast on the paper's website, he sings a song once a week.

Forget that he doesn't know how to read notes, or that he is three, four, five beats ahead of where the song is, he loves to belt it out. And he thinks a key is what you use to open a locked door.

We tease him but the entertainment value is priceless.

Friday was a good day.

I watched as our journeys continued and other ones were beginning.