Our daughter Jennifer Renee Rossignol graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design on May 16th 2009. Her mother and I are very proud of her. She stayed in Columbus last week to finish working at her intern job while she attended college.
This past Saturday Mary Jo, her two brothers Greg and Don and I went back to Columbus to gather all her worldly possessions and bring her back home. We rented a 17 foot U-Haul truck and Jen was worried it wasn't going to be large enough for all her STUFF.
Here is what Jen left behind after 4 years of college: She left many fond memories. She left many friends...who also left Columbus to find their new lives in other cities. She left a city she grew to love and sometimes not love very much in the past four years.
She left co-workers at the advertising company she was interning at. She left a possible career in advertising that may or may not become her new future. She is hoping for a career in package design.
She left painted over murals on her bedroom walls. She left a TV that would buzz after on for 15 - 20 minutes. She left the remote control for that TV. She left a large very comfy white leather corner sofa, with ends torn up by their cats, but many great memories.
She left teachers and professors that taught her how to find her way in life using her God given talents and skills. She left the comfort of what she was going to do the next day to the unknown of her new future.
She left an apartment where she kept all her stuff for her small room back home and her moms side of the garage where all her stuff is kept for now, and almost got very wet in the down pouring rain.
She left one of her very best friend Ashley and Ashley's cat Pongo who moved back home to Florida. She left her other very best friend Amanda who also moved back home to Florida.
She left behind many fun parties she had in her apartment. She left her distant relationship with her younger sister, now back together under the same roof. She left her freedom to come and go as she pleases being under the watchful eyes of her mother and father.
She left behind the little girl and came home to West Chester a grown woman, ready to find her way in this world. She left the comfort of school environment and now ready to join the forces of the real world and find exactly who Jennifer is.
Oh...She left behind her two one armed mannequins setting on that large leather corner sofa. No real use for the mannequins and the sofa was tore up...therefor they all went to the trash, or maybe they were rescued by someone looking for FREE stuff.
Jennifer left a large piece of her life last Saturday. Not just stuff! She spent four years, 20% of her life in Columbus attending college and now that is only memories. Good, happy, fond memories.
But she has come away with so much more. She has something many people hope to achieve during their lifetime. The chance for a diploma, and at a brand new life using her skills to make a difference in our world. We haven't left our grown children much of a chance to make good with the world the way it is today.
These young people will need all the help they can get to change the world and make it a happy fun place to live. We need to stand behind them and continue to help them and trust them to make this world the best place to live.
We are confident Jennifer will do well and make a difference. None of our children have ever disappointed us. We are proud of them all. They have and continue to make a difference. In their own lives and all those around them.
God Bless You and pray for all of our troops to come home safe and for our Country leaders to make the right choices to help us get through this turmoil.
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