Bragging Time

I don't do this very often and don't have an opportunity often but this is the best. No, it's not about me, it's about my daughter.

My daughter, Ashley, turned 18 a few days ago but that's not what I'm going to brag about. Ready? In the past 3 days she's found out about TWO college scholarships she's been awarded AND she's been chosen to be the student speaker at her graduation ceremony. This is a kid who failed 9th grade, for reasons I won't go into, and whose mother dropped out of high school.

The scholarships were awarded based on Ashley's ability to write a well-thought-out essay (yeah, out of a generation of kids who can't communicate) and recommendations from her school.

What did I do? Not much, other than teaching her when she was little how much fun reading can be and how important it is to feed your brain daily. In kindergarten class the kids were supposed to draw a picture of their dad doing something he likes to do and Ashley drew one of me reading the newspaper. Seed planted. :-)

Proudly,
Owen
coach@man2woman.net