Priceless!!

This past week or so marked an important pair of milestones in the educational mission of the Chambers family. We are all so pleased, for many different reasons, as the planets aligned to give us good news. The best way to describe the week isn’t terribly original, but fits VERY well….and I'll leave off the dollar amounts.

Watching a firstborn son graduate from Colorado College ….special!

Watching the older daughter graduate from Valparaiso University …delightful!

Paying off the second daughter’s tuition to Valparaiso , and anticipating her graduation in May…Marvelous!

Learning that the older daughter has been accepted to the UMaryland PhD program…priceless!
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This entire process has been a team effort. The kids knew they’d need to work hard in high school, and continue working at the educational process into their college years—because they’d need financial aid to help make the numbers play out. Each of them absorbed loans, and chose to work when they thought it possible—particularly Vickie—so that they could cover much of the cost themselves. Their parents helped as best they could, probably whining more than they deserved given the hard work the kids put forth to reduce the total costs.

What I hope, as a parent, is that the money toward tuition was well spent. More importantly, what I hope we all paid for was increased wisdom, experiences they’ll never forget, and the opportunity to grow and mature away from home. That’s what college was like for me, and what we all hope for it does for our kids. Anyone can walk toward the college president for one’s diploma, it takes a lot of hard work to really learn from the experience, walking away with a huge smile on one’s face.

Congratulations, to each of you. Not only do you continue to challenge us all to live in a better world, you demonstrate by your commitment to lifelong learning that the journey doesn’t stop.