Are graces disappearing?
Lynn Roberts Published Tuesday, May 19, 2009 The scenes regarding our son’s and daughter’s graduations will range from parents bursting with pride at the awards received by their progenies to those who heave great, big sighs of relief that at least this part of the journey is over! That piece of paper known as a high school diploma will symbolize some lessons learned. To receive it there have been tests passed. It isn’t given as a token of beauty, age, wealth or other outward standards. It is earned as a matter of learning certain information. If the information is not learned and indicated on written or verbal tests, no diploma is given. That said, can we say that all of the important information for life has been learned? Of course not. There are many other lessons in life. Life is not lived only out of a book or knowing how to do some kind of job. What about the ability to get along with others? What about social graces? What about those lessons that make life more pleasant? What do
