Our Last Seminary Graduation

Yesterday, our youngest child graduated from seminary. It was a happy occasion for us. Camille enjoyed seminary. It was one of her favorite classes in high school and she learned a lot.

Here she is with the other graduates from our ward: Smith Broadbent (her 3rd cousin!), Hudson Heath, and Sam Conover, along with our bishop, Nathan Lambert.

During the meeting, the stake president shared with us how he visited his father for the last time when his father was dying of cancer. The last words from his father were, "Remember who you are."

And that's the message I'd like to share with my children too. I hope they can remember they are children of God and He loves them even more than we do. Seminary graduation represents a lot of effort from not just students but also parents, teachers, and church leaders to help our children learn about and hopefully value the gospel of Jesus Christ. Now it is up to them to decide what they will do with that knowledge. Hopefully they internalize it and use it to choose God.

I enjoyed seminary and I know most of my children did too. It was really good for Mindy when she didn't always feel welcome at school. Brother Evans let her come eat lunch in his office. I appreciate his kindness to her at a difficult time. Susanna also enjoyed seminary and was on the seminary council. We don't have pictures from all the graduations--there was no seminary graduation in 2020 for instance because of COVID. During Everett's seminary graduation, Scott was traveling and Garrett broke his jaw that same evening so I guess I just forgot to take a picture (but I was there!) Here are each of my children about the time of their graduation from seminary plus a short video of Mindy's seminary choir.

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