Our eldest graduated from high school Saturday morning along with 600 or so of his closest friends. I thought the commencement speaker (James Houck) was splendid, and even jotted a few notes from his talk. Levi and a few of his buddies were featured in the senior video that showed during the ceremony. That was pretty cool…
Saturday afternoon was about as nice a day as we have in Happy Valley, which made the Grad Party extremely pleasant. Family and friends gathered to eat Clem’s barbecue, play KanJam and wiffle ball, and spend time chatting in the back yard. The locust tree did its best to dampen the mood by dropping little locust bombs on us all day, but most folks just learned to cover their drinks and party on! Levi’s friends stayed long into the night, sitting around the fire pit, reminiscin’ this an’ that an’ havin’ such a good time…
About 24 hours later the young man found himself wandering into the South Halls, looking to check-in for Penn State’s New Student Orientation. He got paired up with a roommate he’d never met, attended a few classes/forums covering everything from finances to scheduling to PSU culture and campus safety.
I don’t know if any of us is really ready for this…
Kim and I have been blessed to have Levi as a son. We are proud of the young man he’s grown to be. He is sharp and sensitive, creative and funny, great with children, knows most 80s songs from the opening lick, and loves the Atlanta Braves more than I do! He’s got a heart for Jesus, and we are praying that the next season of life will be used by God to water the seeds that have been sown.
I am looking forward to watching what God does to develop character in Levi, and where the call of God will take him.
One chapter ends; another begins. The adventure continues. And since Levi shares a birthday with Bilbo and Frodo, I’ll close with a some wisdom from Bilbo/Frodo:
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