While my last blog post chronicled the dissertation years, many other significant events happened. This post features our amazing daughter, a great support to me then and now, in so many ways.
During these years I was watching my one and only daughter, Jenny Lynn, become a young woman. These years were very significant for her. One of the first things that happened during these years was Jenny's decision to follow Jesus through baptism. Dow and Bill both listened to her words and her heart.
The most "shapely" thing included two nose surgeries, by Dr. Blevins, that took bone from her hip to strengthen her nose. (She gave her OK with showing you this photo of her in the hospital.) She was very brave. She always has been. She still is. We are grateful for her strong will to push through difficult times.
After high school graduation at 16 (photos below), Jenny took off for Oklahoma to live with good friends Mike and Jonee McKee for the school year. Mike, a lawyer with much experience, had agreed to apprentice Jenny in his office in Norman, Oklahoma, to see if she wanted to pursue a career in law (she decided against that choice after learning all it meant). Meanwhile, at home, Jenny learned sewing skills from wife Jonee and got to help care for their three sons, Kurt, Frederick, and Stephen--all still amazing in different ways.
After this year, Jenny followed in her brother's footsteps to Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. This was the year Jonathan left school, in his senior year--another story for another post.
One summer she and we hosted an international student, a French girl living in Burkina Faso. En-route to visit a horse farm, Jenny had more than a little fender bender. A kind couple took them from the crash scene to their home and horse farm to make phone calls and tend to Jenny's head cuts. Jenny had to have a few stitches at a local and hospital. We gave thanks to God that nothing serious resulted for either of them. They later got to tour the couple's farm instead of the one they were heading for when the accident happened.
Here are a few photos of Jenny with the family who loves her so very much. During these years, Muffy, our poodle pup of ten years, died quite suddenly. Bill, Jonathan and Jenny went out at Christmas and brought home a cocker spaniel pup for my Christmas present. I named him Lev Vygotsky, after a famous educator (he's in my dissertation!). We called him "Lev" for short. He was a beautiful dog that we had for several years.
Jenny continued her studies at Covenant College through her senior year, earning a BA in History with minor in English, and making lifelong friends. Her next years brought fresh adventures involving group home work and moving to Belgium. Tales for another time!
During these years I was watching my one and only daughter, Jenny Lynn, become a young woman. These years were very significant for her. One of the first things that happened during these years was Jenny's decision to follow Jesus through baptism. Dow and Bill both listened to her words and her heart.
The most "shapely" thing included two nose surgeries, by Dr. Blevins, that took bone from her hip to strengthen her nose. (She gave her OK with showing you this photo of her in the hospital.) She was very brave. She always has been. She still is. We are grateful for her strong will to push through difficult times.
After high school graduation at 16 (photos below), Jenny took off for Oklahoma to live with good friends Mike and Jonee McKee for the school year. Mike, a lawyer with much experience, had agreed to apprentice Jenny in his office in Norman, Oklahoma, to see if she wanted to pursue a career in law (she decided against that choice after learning all it meant). Meanwhile, at home, Jenny learned sewing skills from wife Jonee and got to help care for their three sons, Kurt, Frederick, and Stephen--all still amazing in different ways.
After this year, Jenny followed in her brother's footsteps to Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. This was the year Jonathan left school, in his senior year--another story for another post.
One summer she and we hosted an international student, a French girl living in Burkina Faso. En-route to visit a horse farm, Jenny had more than a little fender bender. A kind couple took them from the crash scene to their home and horse farm to make phone calls and tend to Jenny's head cuts. Jenny had to have a few stitches at a local and hospital. We gave thanks to God that nothing serious resulted for either of them. They later got to tour the couple's farm instead of the one they were heading for when the accident happened.
Here are a few photos of Jenny with the family who loves her so very much. During these years, Muffy, our poodle pup of ten years, died quite suddenly. Bill, Jonathan and Jenny went out at Christmas and brought home a cocker spaniel pup for my Christmas present. I named him Lev Vygotsky, after a famous educator (he's in my dissertation!). We called him "Lev" for short. He was a beautiful dog that we had for several years.
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