This is the day that every mother dreads. The day when the Leaving Cert results are released! In fact I had been having sleepless nights a few days before and even when I slept I had weird dreams about what my daughter's results would be....dreams like failing the subject she is best at or not getting enough points to make it to university.
So she left for school to collect her results while I waited at home. Her no.1 choice on her CAO form was Psychology and Sociology in Trinity College Dublin. The points needed for it ?
A cool 585 points out of 600. And apparently those who managed to get those points didn't even get a place last year as there were too many applicants. Nevertheless, she put it on her CAO and surrendered it to God.
Audrey
But we serve a faithful and wonderful God who takes care of details. We have moved here from Malaysia, and the last three years have been so challenging for me, what more for a teenager!
And God gave Audrey 595 points out of 600! We were overwhelmed by His goodness because He has promised in Luke 6:38: "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
The school management was amazed. This was the first time the school had such excellent results.
Audrey with the school principal, Ms. Aideen Walsh, and her friends
So I made these little fridge magnets to welcome her back from school. They're simply wooden pegs, painted in acrylics and mounted on chipboard with button magnets stuck to the back of them.
Where it all began...
Then with a little bit of imagination, acrylics and a coat of varnish....
So with my youngest going to college I can now take a hard earned rest until it's time to volunteer 'coaching' my grand kids on the path of excellence. Once a lecturer, always a lecturer. We don't retire.......
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