Accepted!

I’ve been doing some scrapbooking lately with all my free time. It is wonderful to gather old pictures of all of my children and remember both happy times and hard times. I ran across some old papers that I had saved and found the acceptance letters for all of my children. Because Victor and I did not have a college education, we really encouraged our children to get the most education that they could. We were blessed to be able to help pay for all of our children’s education.

Towards the end of Antonio’s senior year, he received an acceptance letter in the mail for San Jacinto Community College. Victor and I did not even know that he had applied to colleges. He had told us that he was just going to get a job. When he showed us the acceptance letter, we felt a huge wave of different emotions. We were, of course, proud of our son for getting into a college. But we were also scared. He would have a lot of requirements and work, he would need transportation there and back every day, could he handle to work load, was he well enough, would his professors be understanding, would the students make fun of him? All of these thoughts were running through my head, but it turned out that I worried for nothing.

Antonio transitioned wonderfully to San Jacinto Community College. I was grateful he still lived at home so that I could still take care of him. He did extremely well in his classes, he enjoyed what he was learning, he was liked by his classmates, he receive great accommodations because of his 504 plan, and his professors were kind and understanding.