My Son - the College Years

I am so proud of my son. Yesterday, Kat and I traveled to Lubbock to attend his induction into Phi Beta Kappa. PBK is the oldest honor society in America. He and 86 other young people were found to be worthy of membership to the Texas Tech chapter.

However, I am not just proud of him for being smart and accomplishing major academic success in the last 4 years. I am also proud of him for using these last 4 years to figure out who he is and who he wants to be. We drove by his Freshman dorm where we dropped him off almost 4 years ago and left him with his 12-pack of Dr. Pepper. These 4 years have had their ups and downs but I know the Ups outweigh the Downs. He figured out that Engineering wasn't for him in the first year and in this last semester, he figured out that high school teaching wasn't for him. (Actually I think that he always knew that but he needed a minor). Texas Tech will hold many great memories for him.

He has a great group of Christian friends and I know that has enriched his life. In a few weeks, he will graduate, but he is not done with college -- he has at least one more and maybe two more degrees to get.

Kevin, you've done good!