Certified Public Accountant

It is amazing to me how time flies by. It seems like it was only yesterday when I was graduating from high school and starting college.

Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones that you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) US author (1835-1910)

Now I am in the stage of my life where my youngest child is starting college. My three children are quite different from each other. My oldest son was always very conservative in school. His teachers identified him as quiet and self assured. My daughter was always very popular. She was concerned about having every hair in place and would have a melt down if she thought one of her friends would have newer clothes than she did. Her teachers said that she needed to apply herself more to her studies and less to her social life. My youngest son excelled in every sport that he was able to take.

Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality.
Author: Clifton Fadiman

He was captain of the football team, basketball team and cross country team. He set several school records in cross country events. His teachers stated that his grades were average, but his pleasant personality and sports achievements would most likely get his into any college that he wanted.

As any mother I worry about my children and how they will get through life. As I watched them age and mature I always knew that they would be successful because they lived the Christian values that my husband and I taught them. I have been surprised in the career paths that each of the children has set for themselves. My out going glamorous daughter has passed her test to be a certified public accountant. Math and accounting were always her strongest subjects in school, but I thought she would enter a profession that would be more people oriented and interactive, such as teaching. I am proud of her achievement of becoming a certified public accountant. I know that she will get a good job and will be financially secure; however I do worry that she will get bored. My husband laughs at me that I have a stereo typical view of the certified public accountant being a nerd with thick glasses and a pocket protector. His brother is a certified public accountant. He had to take his examine three times before he passed it and that was after several years of working in the field. The fact that our daughter passed her first time taking it says a great deal about her abilities.

We did have a family dinner to celebrate her achievement. We all met at a restaurant. My sons each wore pocket protectors and thick reading glasses. They love to make fun of their sister. By the end of the meal they were very impressed by the amount of money she was going to be making in her new job as a certified public accountant.

Never be economical with the truth.
Author: Life's Little Instruction Calendar Volume XI