We are proud of her. It's been a tough year for Megan. She had started off this school year really good and very determined. Soon after the school year started DJ's Father was murdered and he moved. This was tough for her. Her grades fell apart and so did her attitude. After December, Megan decided enough was enough and she just wasn't happy being unhappy.
She told us and her teacher that by the end of the school year she would be on the honor roll. Let me tell you, that when this child gets something in her head there will be NO changing it. It took some serious work and some sacrifices but she did it. We got her report card a couple of weeks ago and was impressed. We let her know that she pulled her grades up to a 3.5 but the numbers really didn't mean much to her, until last night.
The joys of a small town. They post the High School and Middle School honor roll in our newspaper. I wish I took a picture of her face when she saw her name in the paper. Now the numbers mean something. She looked at it then checked where her friends are. Quickly she ran to the computer to type an email to her friend in Italy to let her know where on the list she was. Then looked at us and said "4.0 next year guys." Followed by "he he I am higher then Anthony."
A quick DJ update: His fathers killer was sentenced to life with possible parole in 25 years. Megan keeps in contact with DJ regularly. Now that summer is here, she is missing him big time. There was some talk that he would be here sometime to visit for a couple of weeks. I really really hope it works out.
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