Celebration

Celebration! March 2 was a great day around our place.

One of those back-of-the-mind, never-going-to-happen dreams has lurked in the back of Bob’s head since he was the only Merit Scholar in the 1956 Golden Sandie graduating class in Amarillo, Texas.
“Sure would be fun to be a scholar!” Life, of course, brought other interesting, fun and fulfilling (and some not fulfilling and not fun) outcomes.
Now that back-of-the-mind dream is coming true. Yesterday he finished his comprehensive examination in history at Florida State University. He has orals to go and the dissertation—but those seem minor.
He won’t get the test results for a while, but today—we don’t care. They’re done.
Last night, Bob celebrated with a little champaign and caviar.