This is a photo of Adam’s Dad buying me a bottle of water at a gas station after Mom’s graduation.  You see, they live in the Delta which is a very high-crime area. Inside was a totally normal convenience store….potato chips, cookies, sodas in coolers, etc and he had to go up to the window and point to what he wanted and she went and got it and he paid and voila!

And, here I am…taking a picutre out the side of my window…lucky I didn’t get shot! Ha!

I’ve blogged before about Adam’s mom going back to school. For the past few years she’s been working so hard to become an RN and she did it! We spent some time last month in Mississippi to celebrate her. She is an amazing woman. I remember nursing school and how ridiculously tough it was….and I was 19-20ish. They try to weed people out purposely. It has been a long tough haul for her…and Adam’s Dad. I know that he has sacrificed a lot these past couple of years too. His parents are amazing people and I have more pictures to show about some things they are doing in another post.

We do not travel much anymore, therefore do not get down to see Adam’s family very often. When we do, it is a whirlwind of trying to fit in seeing as many folks as possible. Inevitably we always miss one or two and are disappointed. This trip, in particular, to me was a little different. I really wanted to focus on Mom’s graduation and the girls (our nieces) which I will blog more about too.

But I really want to share these graduation pictures. After all, this woman deserves to be bragged about:

Married almost 40 years!!!