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Shanna completed her deck officer’s degree, graduating top of her class. After several assignments she became Chief Mate of R.V. Endeavor at U.R.I: Bob Ballard....Titanic fame?
She is still doing that gig.
Shanna’s younger sister....functionally illiterate when we removed her from the public schools...4th grade?...is now a published author, whose work has crossed Robert Jordans’ publisher’s desk....for which she received a letter asking for more of her work. Busy with homeschooling her children, now.
The only thing truly worthwhile I ever did; and the legacy continues. Work that lasts...and fulfills a life’s mission.
It was great fun, too.
Saxon-Wang math, lots of old musty books written in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries...and daily reading from the editorial pages of WSJ and NYT to which we subscribed. All interactive.
Then Law (Blackstone); Economics (Adam Smith); Grammar U.S. and World History ( Goodrich...1850’s) and so many others...read aloud and digested.
I figured they should know where we’d been, so they might know where we should go.
It was a little scary at first...but became as natural as breathing out and in. It’s what parents are meant to do.
We could feel that. And we got a great educations, too.
When our girls were gone, the missus began a tutoring career, and fostered a couple dozen kids into colleges through the years.
Nuthin’ but net. Just do it!
You have raised children that are a credit to you.
Thank you .