Shout it from the hilltops

[Guest guest]

I want to shout it from the hilltops. We are within a couple of weeks of

n's college graduation. She will be a Civil Engineer. She won't wear a

cap and tassel at her graduation. The engineers will all be wearing hard hats.

She is one of only a handful of women in the program. I think there are like

4-5 women in the engineering program.

It has been a very tough major, and she has worked in an internship the last two

years. Her health has been rocky the last four years, but that is nothing new

for us.

Many of you were with us during our darkest days when n was on life support

five years ago. Some of y'all even figured out how to call me in her room in

ICU. (I was very impressed with that feat.) I remember coming home at 2 or 3

in the morning and updating her status for y'all. She has come a very long way

from those dark days.

There is another young man on this list who has battled systemic jra for most of

his life, and if he isn't graduating in the next few weeks, he is very close to

graduation. His name is Josh. Georgina's son. I had the privilege of meeting

him last summer. He is a fine, young man, and Georgina should be very proud of

him.

(n, 22, systemic)