[WolfyOne]

I am one proud aunt

Today I read on my youngest nieces FB, she got an acceptance letter and will be going to college. This is really big because 4 years ago, all she wanted to do was go to HS and stopped going 3 months after she started in IL. She called me and asked if her and her mom could move to OK, just so she could go back to HS. She told me the HS she left grade school for was too big and all the kids there either wanted you to join a gang, do drugs or have sex. All she wanted was an education. Anyhow, my ex and I found a nice little rental for her and her mom, but after a while her mom didn't like small town living. Met a really old BF online, visited him in NC and the next thing we all know, she's moving and wanting my niece to go, too. My niece took a stand, got a guardian and took her mom to court, so she could continue school where she was at. After all, it took her that 1st school year to make friends and adjust to small town living. The girls in that small town were not quick to let an outsider in. As frustrated as my niece was, not having friends, she continued on. Her 2nd year in HS, she finally got a BF and was able to make friends through that relationship. He was an honor roll student and because of him, she got better grades than she normally got. Fast forward a couple years and she graduates HS in May. This has been such a good experience for her. At a young age, she has already had life lessons that some adults still don't get. She has worked a PT job, gone to HS half a day and a college the other half a day through a program at her HS...........................did I mention I was beaming