May-2012 Madison

I decided to break up the month of May into several posts because it was such a big month for Madison.   You could say it was "bitter sweet."  The bitter was that he kept hoping for scholarships that didn't come.  He had worked so hard during high school.  He would be graduating with a 3.9 GPA and a 25 on his ACT but for whatever reason others were chosen for the scholarships he had so hoped to get.   He would hear the same thing, "you were one of the top students we were looking at but you weren't chosen."  To watch him go through this disappointment over and over was so hard.  He was hoping for money to go to UK but it just didn't happen.   Madison is a very wise young man.  He weighed his options and decided that he did not want to be like so many of his classmates and incur debt to go to college.  He made the decision to stay home and attend the local community college.  Even though we would have loved for him to go away and have the college experience, we believe that God has a plan for his life and for whatever reason did not open the doors that needed to be opened for him to go to a large university.   Sophie is so happy.  She had constantly talked about him leaving home.  She did not want him to go away and secretly I think he is somewhat relieved that he doesn't have to leave her just yet either.


The sweet part......getting ready for graduation!!!  It was so much fun to put the invitations together, address them and send them out.  Madison is a boy and doesn't show a lot of emotion but he was getting excited and filling out the invitations made it real that he was getting ready to be done with High School!