My greatest accomplishments……..

I was rummaging around in the basement a couple of days ago and came across this valuable piece of art. Stephanie drew it in 3rd grade and it had been on the wall of my office at home for as long as I have had it.  It was packed in the move last year and I have missed it.  It will now grace my wall with these other works of art.

The funny part is that my office is a lot smaller than it was at our other house, so that led to me having to make some choices…..after all I have my high school diploma, as well as ones for my Bachelor’s, Masters, and Doctoral degrees.  I also have ordination certificates and certifications and awards from my many years in ministry.  But the choice has never been hard.
You can call me Reverend or Doctor, but to prove it we will need to go down in the basement…..that’s where all those important (and professionally framed) documents are stored.  But the scarecrow (Stephy), the flower (Scotty, probably in 1st grade) and the butterfly and Transformer (Ben of course), grace the walls of my office.  

It reminded me of an interview I had many years
ago to become the Dean of a Cathedral in one of the plains states (I was the bridesmaid in the search) but the question was posed to me by an actual US Senator who was on the search committee.  He asked me, “What is your greatest accomplishment?”  The answer they expected of course was an explanation of all my work and academic accomplishments, which even then were pretty extensive.  But I just smiled and surprised them, because I answered, “My kids.”

And to be totally honest, my answer is 100% the same today.
Goodnight my friends and God Bless!
Tommy+

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