Milestones for miles.....
So here we are again, another school year almost done. Time no longer just marches by, it is doing wind sprints past. And as it does, it kicks up a lot of dirt. This year is no exception. In fact, seems to be kicking up a lot more dirt than previous years. This year we have "milestone" times for each child. One is graduating high school and the other is leaving grade school and going on to junior high. Now....any parent who experienced these things know it comes with more than just feelings of pride and accomplishment....it also means a lot of check writing. That seems to be the way we mark milestones these days...spending more money. The bigger the milestone, the more zeros we add on the checks. Some graduation events look more like a wedding than a teenager graduating high school. There are linen invitations for high school graduation parties. I have also received rather odd advertisements in the mail letting me know my graduate can have personalized water bottles to pa