While it is incredibly difficult to believe that my once 4 lb, 13 oz baby boy will be graduating from College in twelve short days, I find myself constantly amazed at the accomplishments he's achieved in his 4 years as an undergraduate student.
A couple of weeks ago he called to say he picked up his cap and gown and discovered he was graduating Summa Cum Laude. Well, of course he is, but neither one of us had considered it. And tonight he called to say he was inducted into Lambda Pi Eta AND received an award for Organizational Communications Best of Year 2015 AND received more cords to wear at graduation AND a professor that has encouraged and come along side him at Fox wrote a note saying he hopes they publish a paper together someday. I don't know which of those is the higher honor! And Zach is so incredibly surprised and humble about all of it. And I'm so proud I could burst.
And I'm taken back to the first grade when he told me sadly that he wasn't learning anything new at school and that dinosaurs and the solar system and volcanos and bugs weren't being taught at all! And I thought about it and I prayed about it and I asked for advice from my cousin who was the only homeschooler I knew and then we just did it. We ordered books and supplies and we didn't go back to a brick and mortar building.
And he applied himself and he soaked it all up- not because he was going to get a pat on the back or a gold star or the approval of his teacher but because he wanted to know everything he could about his world. And there was always something new to learn. And books excited him. When he started college at BSU he asked if it would be ok if he read the books before school started. He was thrilled at the opportunity to go to George Fox and continued to learn everything he could. Needless to say, his professors have always been impressed and encouraging and most of them recognized that this was a kid who actually enjoyed coming to their classes. And I think they enjoyed teaching him.
And I don't want to brag. Really I don't. But my Mother's Heart is so full of love and pride and wonder at this kid that I could just burst!! So instead of bursting I came to my happy blog place and threw all my words down on this page. And now I'll be able to contain myself in front of the rest of the world. Maybe.
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