TulipGirl

Hubby has done it. He has finished his master’s program. And he has finished well.

He started working towards his history degree in 2006. His major is in Modern American and minor is Modern Europe, with a focus on transnational migration. He plugged away steadily at his schoolwork and research. His research led to him having his own room at the library and a microfilm reader in our living room. He translated countless newspaper articles, teaching himself Ukrainian along the way. And while commencement is a beginning, for now we are celebrating this significant completion.

Along with his studies, Hubby also homeschooled our four boys boys and worked. How did he do it all? Tenacity and grace, determination and faith. Looking at him in his cap and gown. . . I don’t know how he did it all — but he did it, and did it well.

The heights of great men reached and kept,
Were not obtained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night.
–Henry Wadsworth Longfellow