I started the week with my field trip to Houston and will end it up with a trip to Colorado and Arizona. It is graduation time for our god daughter. How quickly the years have passed since I held little Alyssa in my arms at her christening. Her family moved away to Colorado and we have had to make due with a long distance relationship.
One of the most difficult things in maintaining a relationship with young children is that they so easily forget who you are. If you only see each other every three to five years, how can they be expected to remember what you look like or why they are important to you.
The simple solution: feed them ice cream for breakfast.
It never fails. Once when Alyssa was quite young, ice cream on oatmeal was on the breakfast menu at our home. Several years later, Alyssa and her sisters told their younger brother that when they got to my house, they would get ice cream for breakfast. He didn't believe them, and when the ice cream came out of the freezer he ran in to wake up his parents to ask if it was OK to eat ice cream for breakfast.
Laughing, his mom replied, "Yes, but only at Kathi's."
She is a wise woman.
As Alyssa has gotten older, it has been a joy to watch her mature. Having homeschooled her entire life, she got to pick the theme for her graduation. Her choice - renaissance. She is truly a young woman who marches to a different drummer. Her love of books and book stores has ensured we have always had an interest we can share in common.
My prayer for Alyssa:
May He give you the desire of your heart, and make all your plans succeed.
Psalm 20:4
And, on a totally different note. After the graduation in Colorado we are going to drive to Arizona for sightseeing and to touch base with friends in Phoenix and Tucson. Since the city of Austin is boycotting Arizona over their decision to actually enforce immigration laws, we thought it would be a good time to go spend our money in Arizona.
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