Joshua - My Sunshine

Well, this may be a couple of years late, but when am I ever on time?  😂  This is about Joshua graduating from high school.  He graduated St. John Vianney in 2017 and started Bourgade Catholic High School in the fall.  "The boys" all ended up BCHS. Joshua, Noah, Izzy and Joseph.  For his sophomore year, Joshua (and Joseph) decided he wanted to switch to the new Catholic high school on the west side, St. John Paul II Catholic High School.  (In hindsight, I wish we would have made him stay at Bourgade, but no time for Monday morning quarterback.)  

His three years at JPII flew by.  Three years and he was part of the FIRST graduating class of JPII.  The class of 2021.  Because we were still dealing with COVID we could not have a big celebration but we were able to have a family dinner.  And (again) because of COVID, Alexandra missed the graduation.  But we did celebrate our baby boy.  He was 17 when he graduated, and those 17 years flew by.  I can still remember dropping him off at SJV with Mrs. Zuelger and Mrs. Garcia, when he told me "you can leave now."  I went about my work day and at about 1 PM I was on a call with a co-worker and I just started balling.  My baby boy was in preschool.  

Here is Joshua enjoying ice cream (our first day of school tradition) and with Mrs. Zueleger.

Joshua's graduation from SJV.

Joshua's senior pictures.

Graduation day.

I'm so proud of Joshua.  He does not think I am.  But he survived two high schools, and the big one, COVID.  He did what he needed to do and earned that high school diploma.  Great job Joshua!  We love you!!!!