Tears of Joy Already

I've always been a huge fan of the College Station Independent School District.(CSISD) I'll admit, I could be slightly biased as I graduated from A&M Consolidated High School. When I graduated from Texas A&M, I was the first person in my family to graduate from college. Now that my son Sean has been accepted into Notre Dame, I'll probably be even more biased. The teachers at College Station ISD did a great job of preparing him for acceptance into a university.

Today, I am working from home in order to spend a little extra time with Sean. He is a senior at A&M Consolidated High School and he was able to exempt all of his finals. With exeception of graduation activities he is done. Done.

After looking at a note to parents about graduation, which is this Friday, it occurred to me to ask him if he was graduating with honors. Being somewhat modest, he simply replied, "Yes." Out of curiosity I followed up with the question, "Magna Cum Laude or Summa Cum Laude." He just smiles and replies, "Summa Cum Laude." Now I wasn't all that great of a student myself, so I pull the sheet of paper out to remind myself what Summa Cum Laude means. It means that he is graduating with a 4.0 grade point average. I went back into his room, where he is playing the newest version of Grand Theft Auto, and hugged him. I am so proud of him.

Sean will be attending Notre Dame in Indiana this fall. I don't know how I was so blessed to have been able to have a child that was so disciplined, so motivated and so smart that he was able to be graduating with a 4.0 from high school. Over the years, I've never had to ask Sean, "Have you done your homework?" It has been years since I was actually able to help him do his homework. I never took physics, upper levels of Spanish, chemistry. I did terrible in calculus in college. These are all classes he took in one semester. With God's good grace, Sean did it on his own.

I am glad that he attended College Station schools where he was able to surround himself with a culture of excellence. His friends were equally motivated. I'm sure the parents of those kids are proud also. Grace Liu, a fellow Realtor of mine here in College Station, is one of those parents. Actually, the parents of all the kids graduating should be proud. Each person has their own strengths and weaknesses. Some are sports stars, others excelled in the music, Ag, and some just had a great time just having fun. Congratulations are due to all.

Well, I already know that I'll be crying on Sean's graduation night. I already have tears in my eyes. Sean....I'm proud of you.