Sitting on the Other Side

Today was the graduation ceremony for Grace Home School Association. It was wonderful to be able to sit amongst teary eyed parents and grandparents, whooping friends, and crying babies, knowing I was already on the other side. I must be honest and say I teared up a few times, maybe because the spectrum of emotion in the room, or the mental connection that moment had to my own graduation on June 6, 2009. If you have never gone to a homeschool graduation, you may not understand. Watching parents hand a diploma to their child, a son or daughter they have watched grow up and were able to have a hand in every aspect of their teaching, is an intense moment.

In a homeschool graduation, every graduate is an individual. Not just a number. They experienced one on one instruction from the safety of their own home, and then walk toward their proud parents who get to share in the ceremony.

It is crazy to think that a year has passed. A full year. One of the girls who spoke today at the graduation made the comment on how when we were younger, we always wondered what we would grow up to look like. Who we would grow up to be. Well, that time is indeed here.

It is crazy to think that I used to be an awkward child/youth, and now here I am flirting with adulthood. Next Friday I start my final teenaged year. So often I wonder what I will be like in a year. Two years. Five years. Ten years. Where will I be? What will I be doing with my life? Again, what will I look like? I am not nervous at all. I am very eager and excited for the future God has for me. However, I am enjoying one day at a time.

I love watching each dream in my heart turn into one instant in my life. Ultimately, the sun sets and I am left with a collection of memories, stored in the back of my mind. But every moment is beautiful. I wouldn't trade my life in for any other. :]