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We often hear a mother’s job is never done. As a mother and grandmother, I completely
understand this statement. I believe it
was former first lady, Hilary Clinton that said, “It takes a village to raise a
child”. Although we use the term “community”, I completely agree with the
statement and over the last two weeks I have played this statement over many
times in my head as I have witnessed it first-hand.
It began as I became aware that several students of the
class of 2014 simply didn’t have the money to attend prom. But thanks to a few
generous individuals and through the help of social media, we were able to help
each student that wanted to attend financially.
We all felt like proud parents as we watched over 100 young people take
their “senior walk” the night of prom.
The emotions took a dip as two young men made some decisions
that not only will impact the rest of their lives, but left many of us who know
and love them in a bewildered state of mind.
However, the highlight for many in our community came this
week as the senior’s presented a slide show of their time at PHS. As we watched
many of us laughed, rejoiced and even cried a little. They also received their
final high school yearbook and much to my surprise (truly was a surprise), I
received the honor of having the 2014 yearbook dedicated to me for my
“support”. As I stood to accept the
recognition, I looked over the crowd and at that great group of young people. It was at that moment, I knew that we as a
community had earned that honor. So many
people had helped make this day possible for them, parents, grandparents,
teachers, friends, pastors, neighbors and yes maybe even a banker. All I could
do through the tears was say, “thank you Jesus”, for our Community!
