Well, life has intervened and my blog has fallen victim. The good news is that I have a literary agent! The other good news is that I have a lot of writing to do...There is actually not a lot of bad news in my life right now.
But the GREAT news is an update on our experience with Job Corps at Chadron, NE.
Normally, I would have a number of off-the-wall comments to make here. Humor. The thing is, I am so overwhelmed with our son Matt's weekend visit that no sarcasm or wit surface.
If you have not read my first blog on the Job Corps, here is the link. That page DOES have some humor in it.
http://beyonderqueen.tripod.com/id95.html
We took Matt to the Chadron center the first week in March. He was nervous and so were we. There was a rainbow of kids there, and Matt is used to thinking in terms of brown and white. There were kids from big cities, from farms and from small towns like ours.It was a new world and we weren't sure matt was ready for it.
Fast forward 2 1/2 months. A paltry 10 weeks. The young man who came home for graduation was not the young man who entered the program. Okay,maybe he was, but with major improvements. This young man stood tall and walked with confidence. His eyes had a spark in them. His voice rang with respect and resolution. I cried.
You see, I can envision a bright future for this young man now. And things may go south; they often do. But Matt has seen his potential; which is what the teachers at Job Corps tell us they see in him. POTENTIAL.
Charlie and I believe God ordained us to go to the training where we began to think about Job Corps for Matt. We believe God said ( in His gentle way) You two have screwed this up. Let me take over. And THERE WAS LIGHT!
YAY
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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