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Sunday, May 23, 2010

One important piece of paper

Two weeks ago the LeRouax clan packed up and headed to College Station for graduation weekend. You may be thinking to yourselves "WOW, it must be one important person graduating that they would be willing to take TWO SMALL kids to a 2.5 hour graduation ceremony?" We do seem like absolute crazy people to do this dont we? :) But this was no regular graduation. This particular graduation was 30 years in the making! This graduation came after a 20+ year marriage that ended in divorce, after raising two boys and seeing them graduate from the same University, after a year long battle and victory with a scary diagnosis, after losing a brother, and just a few months ago losing a father. This graduation was for one of the bravest, strongest, most determined women that I know and I am proud to have her as my kids Mamie!!! This graduation was for my mother in law, AMY FOCHT LEROUAX!!!!


What an amazing accomplishment!! Amy graduated Cum Laude (earning her the yellow stole) from the Mays Business School at Texas AM University with a Bachelor of Arts in Management Information Systems. She has moved back to Houston and will start a job with Exxon in July. We are so incredibly proud of her hard work and perseverance. It was not an easy journey but she came through it and accomplished her ultimate goal of getting that one very important piece of paper, her degree!

The graduate with her boys Derrek '04 and Wesley '08

Mamie with her future Aggies Mason C/O 2029 and Samantha C/O 2032

Amy and her Mom

Amy and her sister Emily

CONGRATULATIONS AMY!!! WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!!

3 comments:

Mary Pat said...

Congratulations to your mother-in-law!! What an amazing day you guys were a part of!!

Class of '29 & '32 sounds pretty crazy, huh?!

Jenny said...

Oh that is so wonderful, I am so inspired by her! And you are just the sweetest daughter in law, to make such a great post for her!

Roger and Robyn said...

Congratulations Mamie! We are so proud of you too! What an accomplishment...even if it is A&M. :)