Graduation Time!!!

Yesterday one of my previous foster kids graduated from High school.  I was so proud of her that it almost brought tears to my eyes. Now...all of my kids know I am never emotional around them, so they get a good kick if they see me cry.  I use to tell her a saying that I made up a long a time ago.

Life will always have its deep and shallow moments, but you have the choice to either sink or swim. 

-Whitney B.

Whenever she was frustrated with school or life itself, I would tell her "Alright! Are you going to sink or swim"?  She would always respond swim.  Even though I knew she wanted to sink to the very bottom, she knew I wasn't going to let her.  She started to believe in herself and she had a taste of success.

I have never seen such a big smile on her face.  She was smiling from ear to ear.  I don't have any children of my own, but I felt like a proud parent.  I was screaming her name and yelling "That's my baby" all over the place.  People were looking at me like I was crazy, but of course I didn't care.  It was her day! This is hard for me to write this without getting emotional.  This girl saw hell and back, but she still  found away to not let her past control her future.  What she needed was some help and for someone not to give up on her when she failed.  All she needed was love, support, and discipline. 

My pumpkin got a scholarship to college and wants to give back to her community. She still has a lot to work on, but her journey to success has just begun.  I love her with all my heart! Good Job Pumpkin! I am proud!

This is for all of the foster kids that graduated! You guys are a true walking testimony! No matter how much negative things you went through you still found sunlight in the darkest hour!