They Make Us Proud

Our children and grandchildren often make us proud in what they accomplish in life. I have always been proud of the accomplishments of my three at this point in their lives, and I know that other parents and grandparents feel the same about their own very often. I want today to share with you the accomplishments of some young people from our area.

First I will share that The Hon. Judge Jim and Sharon Rowe's daughter has just started a very wonderful internship at the Pentagon as a Public Relations person with a high ranking official. I talked with the judge on a cell phone about his daughter's acceptance to this position Monday night, but I did not get the details because of the nature of cell phones. I know that Jim and Sharon are proud of both of their daughters and what they have done and are doing, so I know that this is one more proud moment.

The Mayor of Alderson, the Hon. Luther Lewallen and his family have a proud moment with their grandson, Chris Lewallen, who was just elected SGA President of West Virginia University. Chris was the Presidential Candidate of his party which beat the Mountaineer Party in the school elections. Chris, a junior Business Major at WVU graduated from Greenbrier East High School a few years ago where he played tennis. Again I am sure that the Lewallen family is very proud today.

While I am speaking of pride may I say again that I am proud of all three of my kids, but I want to mention a project that my daughter is involved. Hilary is in her second semester of Medical School at WVU which means that she is very busy, but she is still n the process of putting together a student trip at Spring Break to New Orleans to work on some Habitat for Humanity projects (Medical Students at WVU must complete several hours of community service as part of their schooling). Hilary is spear-heading the trip so she has a lot to do at the moment along with her studies. One of their projects to raise the necessary $4500.00 for the trip concerns the March Madness NCAA Brackets. For $5.00 one can fill out their bracket, and if they are the winner they receive an autographed basketball by Coach Huggins and I believe the whole team (I will know more after this weekend).

I know other parents and grandparents have these same moments. I could start talking all day of so many of the kids I know who have made us proud. For now I will stop. Maybe each week I should take the time to mention another proud moment from the area.

Enough for Now
Ron Miller