Haden

Haden is the oldest of my three grandchildren. He's graduating from high school this year. Tonight was his Senior Awards Program. There was a reception for honor graduates before the program. Husband and I attended with Haden and his mom, Mishaelle. Mishaelle is the oldest of our two children.

Haden is an honor graduate in as much as his GPA is above 4.5. He is graduating sixteenth in his class of about 280 students. He's a member of National Honor Society and will be wearing that "collar" along with the gold ropes for being an honor graduate. He will also wear the ropes signifying he is a Gifted and Talented graduate. This evening he received, in addition to being named a UIL Scholar, the Marine Corp. Academic Excellence Award which came out of the blue. It's really just a plaque of sorts engraved with the image of the Iwo Jima statue. He also received an award as the only Senior in his class to have perfect attendance for all four years of high school.

It's very difficult to believe that his high school career is coming to a close. It seems only yesterday we were taking him to the first day of kindergarten. We are all very proud of him.