Graduating Middle School

What a sweet evening! It would seem that our very own Charlie Chan is on grade level with everything except English (which is expected, that will take a while to catch up on), so they are going to let him skip 8th grade and go to the deaf high school in the Fall so that he can stay with his peer set. We therefore got to go to the graduation ceremony. It was an awesome evening. I was sobbing when each of the kids took a turn going alone out onto the middle of the stage where a basket of long-stemmed roses had been placed, picking one out, and then seeking out his mom in the audience and presenting it to her. Thinking how far he had come in only a year and a half just took my breath away.

Then the kids did an improv type dance line to VERY loud music, so they could feel the beat, where they come out in pairs and just do whatever they feel like doing to dance (including the little girl in the wheelchair, who got quite a round of applause!). What we didn't know was that Mr. Charlie can DANCE!!! He ended his part with a one-handed cartwheel that brought the house down.

So, technically, Charlie is a 9th grader now. High school--wow! I won't get to see much of him during the fall semester, since he'll be spending more time at the dorm, only returning home on karate nights and weekends. Good thing I'll be in classes, or I might get lonely enough to go adopt me another one....

No, not under consideration. Had ya worried there for a minute, tho', didn't I?