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The Devil can't win

It has been awhile since I have had the compulsion to be vulnerable with the world. And with so much going on in the world any of my issues seem to very small.
So much has happened since I last posted my son is now in Federal prison for the next 6.5 years and my daughter is about to graduate high school and go off to college. 
And while I know I should be sad or feel som kinda way about his current situation. I oddly have so much peace. I can sleep because I know now one is coming to ask me to identify his body at the morgue. I can watch TV without any fear that his mug shot will be on the news. And i don't fear the phone ringing with someone telling me that they had seen him.
And with all of that I never thought I would find peace knowing he is prison. The most important thing is that he is alive and with all that is going on in not just Charlotte but the entire country. My peace is that I know where he is and he is safe and while I may not be able to touch him. I pray everyday that God will spare my life to see him come home start his new career, have a family and raise my future grandchildren. You see the devil thought he won but he lost. Since being in jail my son got his GED. His relationship with his baby sister which had been fractured God has healed it and made it even stronger. So you see even in all of this Riots and a Pandemic God has been faithful. 
My daughter is going to her top College choice after being accepted into 28 schools. She has multiple scholarships and is extremely excited about the next chapter of her life. She has had some heartache with COVID-19 stealing her senior year. No prom(glad she went last year), No senior week and most importantly no graduation. Well I along with her 2 angels(she was adopted by 2 strangers to sponsor her in a group called Adopt a Senior 704) have made it our mission to give her some of that back. She had a Cap and gown photo shoot and a grand revealing of the University she will be attending. And to show her more love,I gave her a parade with about 30 cars in a caravan blown our horns and blinking headlight. With cars decorate playing music. My daughter is #27 out of 480 kids. She is in the National Honor Society, National Tech Honor Society, Executive Student Council, &Section leader in the Marching Band. Oh and a 3.7 GPA all while holding down a job. How could I not celebrate all of her hard work and dedication. You see so the Devil didn't win again. 
So you see I have 2 2020 graduates when the truth be told I never thought I would see my son in a cap and gown walking out to Pomp and Circumstance. Yes it was in jail but that doesn't diminish his accomplishment in fact its just the opposite. It shows a commitment to change his life.
That is right I have 2 members of the class of 2020. Who both have been presented with their own challenges and they both prevailed. Because they worked hard and they had a praying Mother who prayed for them both daily. 
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