Just to start, I read and re-read what I wrote below to check myself because I can be labelled as "quick to go dark" on a subject. I don't want to over-dramatize OR make too light of a subject, but I also want to pass on the process of healing and moving forward. Share the love. I'm just doing the best I can, so read on:
The highs and the lows. We all have them. This week has been a roller coaster of emotion. You know how you have those times where you just feel so fortunate? This was that week for me.
I feel fortunate that I could be a part of the healing that this small community is going through. Last night was our first football game and the band performed at halftime. All of this took place after Pete's memorial in the afternoon. I watched a boy become a man, as Alex stood as the last speaker at his dad's funeral. We all cried as he cried and asked the crowd (too large to fit in the church) to please forgive the engineer driving the train, because that is what his dad would want. At half-time of the game, the Kish Clan were quietly escorted into the stadium to watch Alex perform. The band was great, and in a small way we all felt the step forward.
And I feel fortunate for the (small?) successes noted above in pictures. Lisi is a National Merit Semi-Finalist! She is one of 5 students in her school who earned this honor, the only other girl being Shirley, who is also in Band, and also a drummer girl. Very cool moment, and worthy of a whole blog in itself. I would love to describe a day in the life of Lisi, because, as many of you already know, what she does in a day is impressive for both its difficulty and need for endurance.
This aint high school like we did it! We are so proud of her. In many ways we feel that this is the tip of the person that AnnaLise is. Yes, she is smart, but it goes so far beyond that.
So today the weather is perfect...sunny and crisp. We have limited obligations, so the tempo is relaxed. This day is beautiful in many, many ways.
3 comments:
As we have said all along,
She's Gifted !
we are so lucky ABB is in our lives... even if you did take her away to california.
so, like, what? did you go to tech HS ? or what? cuz like my HS was like totally hard. with nuns and everything...
It's great that the school community is so supportive. That young man and his family will need it ongoing.
Our congratulations to Annalise. That is a noteworthy accomplishment, especially given all the other things she has going on in her life. But, after hearing all the proud-aunty stories over the years, I am not a bit surprised. Any decisions yet on which lucky college will get her?
POST A NEW BLOG MAAAAZERRR
(that means mother.. um sort of)
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