I have the most fabulous friends! Shirley Coleman, Connie Petersen, and Donna Wyatt pulled me into a "meeting" and told me all I could do was "nod". They had a party in the works and I was to sit back and enjoy......and boy did I enjoy!!! It was fantastic! They even pulled in ALL of my friends to help serve, make food, clean up, etc. so it was definitely a group effort. Even the bell choir that I am in made bars for the event! The graduation party was held on May 10, 2008 from 4-9....well....a little longer than that! We had out-of-this-world food, the decorations were beautiful...daisies on every table...and the company couldn't have been better! I am so blessed to have such caring, loving, organized, party-planning, sweet, wonderful friends. My heart was so full that night that I thought it was going to burst! Thank you, my friends, for always being there and supporting me every day!

Morgan was a little bit proud of her mommy and wore my cap and medallion for hours that night. She now "owns" the robe and has become the judge of our house. It is quite cute.

And, of course, I cannot thank my husband enough for putting up with me, pushing me out the door to get to school or to go study whenever I was low on energy, helping with the cooking, cleaning and laundry, carting the children where they needed to go, and listening to my stories upon stories about people he had no clue about but was polite enough to listen. We have our days, but he is the best husband for me. We are both excited for the day that I can actually say that I have a job....even more excited than the day that we could say I was an official teacher! Jeff has stood by me through it all. He deserves half the diploma, along with our children that really pulled together and took care of each other when I was unable to.