Last week Cindy asked me to help her with a speech that she had to give. I agreed and asked what it was for to which I was informed that she was running for vice president for Mahoning county's Skills USA chapter. What is Skills USA? I asked. She informed me that it is a group which represents the students of Career and technical school labs.( Labs are the classes where they learn their trades. Cindy's lab is medical occupations. )Anyway , with all that goes on in our family, her request for help slipped my mind until I was informed a couple days later that her speech was finished.Evidently she did a good job because she won. Her duties will include going to Columbus for a week for the regional conference as well as other duties .She is pretty happy about the whole thing especially because her very close friend was also voted in as a representative, so they can room together in Columbus. I am happy for her achievement but honestly, I think that between school, work ( she has just been hired as a medical assistant for a near by doctor ), chores, and a very limited social life, she is over extended enough. I realize that she is only seventeen and that now is the time to grab life by the horns but I am tired just keeping up with where she is and what she is scheduled to do. This feeling may lighten up when she gets her licence ( she will have had her permit for the six month mandatory period at the end of February) but I fear that i will exchange my running for worrying then . I guess that it all comes down to being a part of my vocation as a mother and I wouldn't want it any other way !
