I would like to start out by apologizing to my children. I try not to embarrass them but sometimes I just have to be a mom! Patrick and I have always been proud of the girls. One of the things I miss the most is our private conversations when we talked about our hopes and dreams for them. We could just talk and not worry that we would sound like we were bragging. We thought we were the luckiest people in the world! We joked that we were terrible parents and I frequently thought we might have been too easy on them. Mainly we just loved and enjoyed them.
One thing I regret is that I don’t have a lot of video of them interacting with their dad. They all regularly entertained me. When they were younger and video cameras were popular, I wanted to enjoy life, not walk around recording it. But I would love to have just a few videos of the crazy arguments and discussions they had!
The girls have been remarkably strong and resilient in their own ways. Sierra took incompletes in her college classes last Spring. She is finishing those up and is set to graduate after three years of college. We thought she was joking when she first told us but she stuck with it and did extremely well. She had planned to go straight to law school but is going to take a year to study for the LSAT so she can get into a good school. I am grateful that I don’t have to be an empty nester just yet.
Camille is graduating with just about every honor available. She is currently weighing her options but she has several good scholarship opportunities.
This week there was an unfortunate event at Clovis East. Two students fought and one cut or stabbed the other. Later that day Camille and her friends were sad to see people commenting negatively on social media about their school. They decided to share the positive and Camille began a tweet thread of positive things that have happened at the school this year. Others joined and her tweets were shared hundreds of times. She didn’t think she did anything special and was kind of surprised at the response. She was not happy when she got a request for an interview. She didn’t want to do it and when I asked her why she said, “I’m really more of a behind-the-scenes person”. She did the interview and I thought she did great.
I’m very relieved that my daughters are strong and successful in life. They are both on the right track and I can’t wait to see what they accomplish! I am so blessed to be their mother!
So very proud of the way you and Patrick raised your girls. You both did a wonderful job. I am so very proud of all of you!! I love your healing writing, Momma
Jaimi and I feel very blessed that Camille and Hannah are friends. I have a picture in my mind of Camille pulling an ice chest full of soda that she had brought over when they threw Hannah a surprise 16th birthday party.
Camille’s tweet was an important moment in the history of this school, and I don’t think I’m overstating that. She’s a terrific young lady and she’s made this campus–teachers, administrators, and students alike–very proud.