Our oldest son, David, graduated from high school tonight. Congratulations, David!! My auntie planned a celebration party afterwards and brought lots of yummy food! Tim and Tina came to help us celebrate. David has signed his paperwork and completed his physical and is now officially a US Army soldier. He leaves for basic training on July 23. We are so proud of him, but it's going to be very hard to let him go....We love you, David!
Note: Thank you all for the well wishes for David and for the prayers for his safety and my sanity! We are very proud of his decision to serve our country, but oh..as his mother, it's so very hard to think about him not being here. My head tells me it will be a great opportunity for him, but my heart breaks at the thought of him leaving....Thanks again for your support. It means the world to us. We are so fortunate to have met so many wonderful, Godly families along this journey and through this blog. We are blessed to "know" you all.
Also, I'm sure you all are wondering why we made the decision to take our blog private. We received a comment today from someone that we did not recognize. While it was nothing inappropriate, it did make us stop and think about who might be viewing our blog and able to obtain information about our family. It makes me sad because I have met so many wonderful people through this blog, but in today's world, unfortunately nothing should be taken for granted and we decided to only allow family and friends access. Thank you all for understanding and accepting our invitation! Have a wonderful Memorial Day!!
21 comments:
Congrats David...
Congratulations David. I know you must be so proud of him. I agree it will be hard to let him go. Josh will be a junior in the fall and I am already getting sick at the thought of him leaving us.
Oh congratulations to your son David!!! WOW>...a graduate...and an official army soldier! My my you must be one proud Momma!!!
Happy times at the Carter home!!!
Hugs and love to you !!!
Congrats, David!! Thank you for your service & dedication! I will pray for your family as you prepare to "let go" of your son!
Congratulations to your son David. I wish him all the best!
Congratulations David! And thank you David for serving our country and God in such a wonderful way. Monica I will be praying for you...I know it will be hard. You have obviously raised him in the admonition of the Lord and He will hold David in His everlasting arms!
I have loved catching up on your previous posts and the Disney store pics are SO fun! Little Lily Mei just looks so natural in a pair of Minnie ears!
A big congratulations David on this wonderful occasion! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for serving our country and for allowing us the freedom that we are so blessed to have.
Monica, I commend you! It will be so hard to let your baby go. Rest assured he will be in our prayers.
Hugs!
Ohilda
wow...I bet it's hard to belive your oldes has graduated and going into the Army!! Please tell him thank you for serving our country and protecting our freedom!!! It's a hard thing to do...but a very honorable thing!!
By the way...you look awesome in your outfit!!!! Your hair looks great too!!! Hope you guys enjoy your Memorial Day weekend!!
Blessings,
Buffi
Thank you so much for the invitation!
Congratulations to your Son - what a handsome, courageous young man he is!!
Awwww.....this would be so hard for me to let my baby boy go...I will certainly keep him blanketed in my prayers.
Oh wow! The army..I know you must be so proud of him, but I would be so anxious too..we will definitely keep him in our prayers!
COnrgats on the graduation too!
Congratulations David! We know that you must be so proud of him! I'm sure it's going to be very hard to let him go. Saying a prayer for you!
Thanks you David for your willingness to serve our country.
Thank you for the invitation. Yes I agree with many here... please thank your son for serving for us. I pray the Lord goes before him and is his rear guard as well. I pray the complete 91st psalm over him as well. May no evil ever touch him..
Oh I am so sorry you have encountered this uncomfortable situation. Thank you so much for inviting me stay! I have had your sweet son on my heart ever since I read this post...I am so honored and humbled that he would choose to serve our country...I thank him for his commitment and service to all of us! Thank you for raising such an admirable child!
Sweet Blessings to you my friend!
Love,
Denise
David
What a fine young man you are. The Green family is so very proud of you for all of your accomplishments. You are an inspiration to us all. Please know that you are in constant prayer with us.
I so understand about going private with the blog. Give all those kids a hug from us. Enjoy your holiday weekend!
love ya
Connie
Howdy!
I made it through the blockade and am able to visit your site (it would be horrible if I couldn't)
Congratualtions David, I pray you enjoy something and learn something every day for the rest of your life. May it never be a stagnent and boring one.
Heather BT
Congratulations David,
We love you so very much and are so proud of all that you have accomplished ! We are sorry that we could not attend graduation but we were thinking of you!!
We will keep you in our prayers and know that you have made such a wonderful decision to serve our country! Would we rather have you home YES!! but what an amazing service you are doing!
I always knew you would do special things and the ARMY is very fortunate to have you on their side!! What a blessing to know you are defending our country! Grandaddy is looking down on you and is so proud of the man you have become! I know we are too!
"And the child grew and became strong,he was filled with wisdom,and the grace of God was on him" Luke 2:40
We love you always!!
Erica, Mike, & Hannah Grace
Ah, you and I have become sister moms in the military life of having sons who are soldiers!
My son was in OK for Basic. Do you know where your David will be? You are in my prayers, as is David!
David, get in shape as much as you can now! NOT one minute of it will be wasted later. That was my son's best defense against the expected shock of Basic. Being fit will make ALL the difference! It was physically a breeze for him because he was ready. I know if he wrote you, it would be his advice too!
Psalm 91 was given to me from Daleea, and now I pray that for you.
Thank you for inviting me!
Congratulations, David!
Monica--I'm an AirForce brat and an Army Reserve wife, but it is not preparation for sending off a child to join. May God's blessings be on you and David....
susan
You must be so proud. Congratulations David!
It's me again.... I also wanted to ask you to tell your son thank you.
Thank you for serving our country. Thank you for protecting our freedom. I will pray for him and May God Bless him and keep him from harm's way. And may God give you peace for your son't vailient decision.
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