Not often that I get to go to a conference and hear that one of my students is exemplary, but Rand is doing so well his senior year that everyone is THRILLED at his school.
I guess it was just a quick reminder to me that yeah, maybe it's worth it. If we hadn't already parented some of our more difficult children for a while, we might never have given Rand a chance, and he's been one of the easiest kids we have raised.
Ironically, he has the most horrific history of any of our children and has had to overcome so much. But for him, he was one of those kids that just needed some permanency in his life, and he did the rest. He's worked very hard to move forward.
We just got done filling out an application for him to go to a Tech School in the fall to study Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Cooking. His teachers believe he can do it and the school is right across the street from a place where he has a job interview tomrorow -- a wonderful company that provides great benefits.
So, it just might be that his life is falling into place due to HIS hard work. Sure, it's frustrating being his parent at times -- he has some annoying idiocyncracies and a great deal of silent oppositional behavior, but with him it's been worth it.
I guess I needed a little change of focus -- if our focus is always on the kids who aren't doing well, it's hard to celebrate the ones who are.
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Rand is a great kid! He has the heartiest belly laugh and a good sense of humor. He should be very proud of himself...and so should his parents. ~Kari
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