Senior Recognition

Last night we had our Senior Recognition. This is an event we do at church every year to honor and bid farewell to those who will be graduating this year. It is a great event with some lighthearted moments, as well as some formal traditions. It’s a great time to try to make people cry and to look back on all the times we have shared over the past few years.

Normally, though, I do not particularity enjoy the event. It’s not that it isn’t good or that I don’t like doing it, but for some reason I get so nervous that I can’t have a good time. I think it’s all the pomp and circumstance that surrounds our recognition service, or maybe it’s the fact that I’m wearing graduation regalia. But I think the biggest reason I can’t seem to have any fun is simple: mothers. I work so hard trying to make sure that that the event makes the moms proud that I stress myself out.

Last night was different. Because everyone involved was a regular, and I had a good relationship with all the parents, I noticed in an early part of the evening that I was actually having a good time. I wasn’t stressed or nervous, and I didn’t have to be. We could just have a fun night together to celebrate all that God has done in the lives of these wonderful students. It really was a great night, and I hope all our seniors know just how proud of them I am.