" But , why would she not want to go to the U of A? It's right in her backdoor almost. Her parents graduated there; aunts, uncles and cousins are all graduates. Why would she want to go off to some other college hours away instead of carrying on the family tradition?" we were all asking.
And, so it was when Granddaughter #1 graduated from high school and began making plans to attend college, we all anticipated her attending the family's Alma Mater, but no, she wanted to try ...her wings in a far off place.
And, so it was when Granddaughter #1 graduated from high school and began making plans to attend college, we all anticipated her attending the family's Alma Mater, but no, she wanted to try ...her wings in a far off place.
First on the list was a trip to a college in California. The flight she was on returned after only thirty minutes out because of mechanical or weather problems. Another attempt to that college with her dad was successful but she came back a little disillusioned.
"Okay, I've made up my mind. I'm going to TCU."
"You're going where? TCU? You're going to Texas of all places?"
Yes, her mind was made up. So in August of 2007, Granddaughter #2 set her sights on becoming a horned frog with family still wondering why.
She immediately jumped in with both feet and got involved in all the activities she could make time for. While family was helping carry her belongings into her dorm room, she was out in the hall making friends and trying to set up a movie night in the dorm.
After her first year, she returned home for the wedding of her cousin........but....she wasn't alone. She asked one of her friends, who was a junior there, if he'd like to ride to Northwest Arkansas with her. Hating to see her drive all the way home alone (or so we were made to believe), he came with her. Now it was a rule in Horned Frog country that upper classmen didn't date freshmen girls. But, after all, they were only friends.
He accepted and the rest is history.
Do you ever wonder why God doesn't follow the plan you think is reasonable? Why would He direct a young lady to go to a college almost 400 miles from home? Why would a young lady set her sights that first year on one of the most popular young men on TCU campus?
Four years after becoming a Horned Frog, Granddaughter #1 graduated and became the wife of the young man she had set her sights on that first year.
That was five years ago today.
Now, after earning her Masters at University of Texas, she is Social Worker, LMSW, at Catholic Charities of Ft. Worth and teaching at TCU. Her husband is teaching in a high school in North Richland Hills. They have bought their first home in Ft. Worth and are expecting their first child, a son, this summer.
Your granddad and I love you Luke and Catelyn Devlin. We are so glad that God had His way in your lives in spite of the fact that we wanted you to attend college closer to home. His ways are not always our ways but His ways are always the best.
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Romans 8: 28 (KJV)
"Okay, I've made up my mind. I'm going to TCU."
"You're going where? TCU? You're going to Texas of all places?"
Yes, her mind was made up. So in August of 2007, Granddaughter #2 set her sights on becoming a horned frog with family still wondering why.
She immediately jumped in with both feet and got involved in all the activities she could make time for. While family was helping carry her belongings into her dorm room, she was out in the hall making friends and trying to set up a movie night in the dorm.
After her first year, she returned home for the wedding of her cousin........but....she wasn't alone. She asked one of her friends, who was a junior there, if he'd like to ride to Northwest Arkansas with her. Hating to see her drive all the way home alone (or so we were made to believe), he came with her. Now it was a rule in Horned Frog country that upper classmen didn't date freshmen girls. But, after all, they were only friends.
He accepted and the rest is history.
Do you ever wonder why God doesn't follow the plan you think is reasonable? Why would He direct a young lady to go to a college almost 400 miles from home? Why would a young lady set her sights that first year on one of the most popular young men on TCU campus?
Four years after becoming a Horned Frog, Granddaughter #1 graduated and became the wife of the young man she had set her sights on that first year.
That was five years ago today.
Now, after earning her Masters at University of Texas, she is Social Worker, LMSW, at Catholic Charities of Ft. Worth and teaching at TCU. Her husband is teaching in a high school in North Richland Hills. They have bought their first home in Ft. Worth and are expecting their first child, a son, this summer.
Your granddad and I love you Luke and Catelyn Devlin. We are so glad that God had His way in your lives in spite of the fact that we wanted you to attend college closer to home. His ways are not always our ways but His ways are always the best.
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Romans 8: 28 (KJV)
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