I received two gifts Friday evening.
The first one was that my daughter, Hope, came home from a trip. Hope had left Wednesay morning while it was still dark out. She is in 8th grade and is a student in AVID. AVID is an acronym that stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination. This program is an in-school academic support program for grades 4-12 that prepares students for college eligibility and success. She spent 3 days touring universities and colleges. She came home excited, wanting to go to college. Anything that motivates her to do well in life I am all for.
The second gift I received was from Hope. She brought me the shells in the picture. Hope went walking on the beach in Santa Cruz instead of spending all of her time in the arcade at the Boardwalk. I love shells, I grew up in Santa Cruz. My teen years were spent at the beach and the cliffs of Santa Cruz. We had sent her with some money for food and stuff. I had asked her to not buy us anything but to use her money for food. When she got home she gave me my shells and then apologized that she didn’t buy me anything else.
She brought me the best presents ever. She brought me a beautiful Daughter that is interested in College. Then while away she took the time to walk the beach that I use to walk when I was her age and she gathered me shells.
I am one Happy Mom!!!
Ah, that warmed my mother’s heart! Sounds like you are doing very well with your relationship with your daughter.
What an awesome gift! My daugther is in 8th grade, too, and I know a gift like that would melt my heart. It sounds like an awesome program that she’sinvolved in. I pray God continues to guide her academically and grow her in wisdom in the coming years.
So sweet. I wish I was walking with you!!! It’s cold here. I am glad your heart was blessed!
I love sea shells too!! Matthew and I are going camping at the ocean this coming weekend, and I hope that we find bunches. Matthew is more interested in the shark teeth, but either way, they are all little treasures from Jesus to me!!
How great that at such an early age your daughter can go on a college trip! That´s amazing. And that´s so sweet she thought of you to bring you back the shells!
Then we had to be sure so I did some college trips anyway. Then I got confused, but still ended up at the one God put on my heart from the beginning.
I knew when I was in 7th grade what college I wanted to go to but that´s cause they came to our church.
Is Santa Cruz that beach with the board walk and lots of arcades on the Coast of CA? We have been there. It´s beautiful!
ooo Look there´s my profile picture!! How bout that!