Well, this has nothing whatsoever to do with farms, but I am crowing from the rooftop right now.
My amazing daughter, whose face I've blurred out at left, is the recipient of a Regents Scholarship to the University of California. This is their most prestigious award, and goes to only 1% of accepted freshman applicants. It is both merit and need based, and covers every conceivable expense for four years: books, tuition, room and board, transportation, everything.
She's been offered a full ride at dozens of colleges around the United States, but doesn't want to leave coastal California. As she told her paternal grandmother, who wanted her to go to Baylor "to learn that everyone doesn't think the way California does!": "I've been to Texas, and if that's the way the rest of the country thinks, I'm glad to live here. I like my nice liberal values, thank you very much."
So, my beautiful, beautiful girl: congratulations on this well-deserved honor and gift. I know you will continue to do your best work and continue on the path of excellence that you've been on since before you were even born. You are awesome, and everyone knows that. (And now, even more people know that.)
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: "I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!" —Louise Bogan
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Congrats, indeed. Those are tough scholarships to get.
Posted by: Derrick Schneider | 26 March 2006 at 11:38 AM
Congrats to your daughter on receiving such a nice reward for work well done.
And congrats to you Tana for raising a daughter who doesn't need to run away to find herself... sounds like she's got a great head start with her own set of morals.
Posted by: McAuliflower | 26 March 2006 at 11:52 AM
Very cool. Congratulations to your daughter.
Posted by: kalyn | 26 March 2006 at 01:12 PM
That is awesome. Congrats to her!
Posted by: Jen | 26 March 2006 at 08:07 PM
Many congratulations to your daughter!
Posted by: Ivonne | 27 March 2006 at 06:45 AM
Pure joy -- how true. What a wonderful time for both of you. Many congratulations!
Posted by: Kudzu | 27 March 2006 at 05:56 PM
What a terrific honor for your obviously-gifted daughter; let me add my kudos to the chorus!
And Tana, it's clear the apple didn't fall far from the tree . . .
Posted by: Xanthippe | 27 March 2006 at 06:41 PM
Thank you all so very much. It is such a nice contrast to other things going on in our family right now.
She's a peach, allrighty.
: D
Posted by: Tana | 28 March 2006 at 09:24 AM
Let me add my congratulations, as well. That's a huge accomplishment.
Posted by: Rail Paul | 28 March 2006 at 12:27 PM
Congratulations to you both! To her for her achievement, and, as McAuliflower said, to you for raising her in such a way that she feels at home where she is.
Posted by: eclectician | 31 March 2006 at 07:28 PM
Congratulations! Well done :)
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Posted by: jasmine | 31 March 2006 at 08:12 PM