{"id":14172,"date":"2020-08-05T07:57:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T11:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nche.com\/?p=14172"},"modified":"2021-01-27T15:42:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T20:42:36","slug":"article-gift-of-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/article-gift-of-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"El regalo de la graduaci\u00f3n \u2013 Reflexiones"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]Graduate 2020\/ Briggs Greenwood<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I stand in the back of a ballroom filled to the brim with families and friends\u2014my eyes tearing and my heart overflowing. I\u2019m sure I also look stressed and tired, and it\u2019s very likely that my shoes are in a corner somewhere. By 7:00 pm, I will be ready to drop, but it\u2019s my favorite day of the year.<\/p>\n

I have had the extreme privilege to coordinate NCHE\u2019s graduation ceremonies for the last several years. I took on the role because I like to organize events and create hospitable experiences for people. I still enjoy those aspects, but I love graduations for so many reasons that I could never have predicted.<\/p>\n

Graduations are always occasions to celebrate, but somehow homeschool graduations are extra special. It\u2019s truly a success of the whole family and often a success that stems from great sacrifice, immense trials, and celebrating even the tiniest of victories. I have the honor to help all of these families celebrate each spring. One of the most inspiring things about the NCHE graduation is the opportunity to create a sense of community amongst hundreds of individual families all coming together in a common goal.<\/p>\n

To celebrate that achievement, and indeed, to celebrate the family, we have the parents present the diploma to the graduate on stage. The graduates will also hand a rose to their mom. These moments get me every single time. It\u2019s less than one minute per family, but the memory it makes and the journey it represents is long lasting.<\/p>\n

I have a unique look into these families; each situation is different. The Lord has opened the door to many conversations and opportunities to minister in small ways to these folks.<\/p>\n

Our team has been able to make accommodations for physical and developmental needs, tricky family dynamics, and we have sometimes had to ask for grace in mistakes. One of the very best memories of those grace moments happened when I had missed that a graduate\u2019s parent needed a wheelchair lift. I was so upset and felt that I had ruined their day. Our fantastic emcee and my dear friend came up with a solution on the spot. Another dad literally offered to carry that dad onto the stage. They had never met before, but I believe their families ended up having dinner together after the ceremony. That<\/em> is the community that God wants to build. I was shown grace in a way that went so far beyond the forgiveness I needed. I saw sacrifice, humility and love. That is why NCHE graduation is so special to me.<\/p>\n

We have several volunteers who return every year and always want the same role. Two wonderful veteran homeschoolers love to hand the diplomas to the parents just before they are presented. They love having a moment to congratulate them for the dedication taken to get there, because they have lived it. Another mom really loves standing on the grads\u2019 side of the stage and making sure they get a rose for their mom, because she loves telling those young adults how proud she is of their success\u2014and she means it. Several friends and my older children dedicate their entire Saturday to the set up and logistics needed to make this day as wonderful and smooth as possible because they are part of your community, and they care about your family.\u00a0And finally, a dear friend always serves as our parent escort leading parents through so the ceremony runs smoothly. Without all of these people, plus our terrific speakers and emcees, my job would be much harder, and the day would be much less personal\u2014 yet another blessing<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The ways that being a graduation coordinator has blessed me are innumerable. The greatest blessing to me has undoubtedly been the opportunity to pray for each individual young person as they are launched into the world with all that we, as parents, have instilled into and prayed over them.<\/p>\n

The first year I was in this role, I was getting very frustrated over the logistics. I had begun to feel bitter about too many email replies asking questions that had been answered in<\/em> the email they were responding to. I had ceased to see His image bearers and was only seeing data. The Holy Spirit (not so) gently nudged me to stop, write each graduate\u2019s name on an index card and pray for them all<\/em>. Since that day, I have made this tradition a part of my preparation. It has helped me to remember the community I so love helping to create. I am grateful for the opportunity to know our homeschool community better in this way.<\/p>\n

Many of you reading this issue will have students participating in the ceremony. This year, for the third time, my husband and I will also have a graduate. Because we have experienced this before, we understand the wish for the perfect day and want to make this ceremony as personal as possible. That\u2019s not always easy when the group is large, but please know that we share this goal for you\u2014for each and every family. We look so forward to sharing this day with you, both as parents of a graduate, and as the folks who are honored to serve you in this way. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing this special day with us.<\/p>\n

Briggs Greenwood enjoys connecting with other mommas in her role as NCHE marketing director and especially in her day-to-day life. She lives and loves with Kevin at home in Durham. They have four sons (three homeschool graduates and one still learning at home, plus one wonderful daughter-in-love). She has seen and tried almost every conceivable homeschooling option in her eighteen-year journey and can\u2019t wait to see what else the Lord has in store.<\/em><\/p>\n

Did a member of your homeschool graduate with the class of 2020? Encourage younger families when you share your favorite reflections below.<\/em>
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Graduado 2020\/ Briggs Greenwood Estoy parado en la parte trasera de un sal\u00f3n de baile lleno hasta los topes de familiares y amigos: mis ojos se llenan de l\u00e1grimas y mi coraz\u00f3n se desborda. Estoy seguro de que tambi\u00e9n me veo estresado y cansado, y es muy probable que mis zapatos est\u00e9n en alg\u00fan rinc\u00f3n. A las 7:00 p.m. estar\u00e9 listo para bajar, pero es mi d\u00eda favorito del a\u00f1o. He tenido el gran privilegio de coordinar las ceremonias de graduaci\u00f3n de NCHE durante los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os. Asum\u00ed el cargo porque me gusta organizar eventos y crear experiencias hospitalarias para las personas. Todav\u00eda disfruto esos aspectos, pero amo las graduaciones por tantas razones que nunca podr\u00eda haber predicho. Las graduaciones siempre son ocasiones para celebrar, pero de alguna manera las graduaciones de educaci\u00f3n en casa son muy especiales. Es verdaderamente un \u00e9xito de toda la familia y, a menudo, un \u00e9xito que surge de un gran sacrificio, inmensas pruebas y de celebrar hasta la m\u00e1s peque\u00f1a de las victorias. Tengo el honor de ayudar a todas estas familias a celebrar cada primavera. Una de las cosas m\u00e1s inspiradoras de la graduaci\u00f3n de NCHE es la oportunidad de crear un sentido de comunidad entre cientos de familias individuales que se unen con un objetivo com\u00fan. Para celebrar ese logro, y de hecho, para celebrar a la familia, hacemos que los padres presenten el diploma al graduado en el escenario. Los graduados tambi\u00e9n entregar\u00e1n una rosa a su mam\u00e1. Estos momentos me atrapan cada vez. Es menos de un minuto por familia, pero el recuerdo que deja y el viaje que representa es duradero. Tengo una mirada \u00fanica sobre estas familias; cada situaci\u00f3n es diferente. El Se\u00f1or ha abierto la puerta a muchas conversaciones y oportunidades para ministrar en peque\u00f1as formas a estas personas. Nuestro equipo ha podido hacer adaptaciones para las necesidades f\u00edsicas y de desarrollo, las din\u00e1micas familiares complicadas y, en ocasiones, hemos tenido que pedir gracia en los errores. Uno de los mejores recuerdos de esos momentos de gracia ocurri\u00f3 cuando me perd\u00ed que el padre de un graduado necesitaba un elevador para silla de ruedas. Estaba muy molesta y sent\u00ed que les hab\u00eda arruinado el d\u00eda. Nuestro fant\u00e1stico maestro de ceremonias y mi querido amigo encontraron una soluci\u00f3n en el acto. Otro padre se ofreci\u00f3 literalmente a llevarlo al escenario. Nunca se hab\u00edan conocido antes, pero creo que sus familias terminaron cenando juntas despu\u00e9s de la ceremonia. Esa es la comunidad que Dios quiere construir. Se me mostr\u00f3 gracia de una manera que iba mucho m\u00e1s all\u00e1 del perd\u00f3n que necesitaba. Vi sacrificio, humildad y amor. Por eso la graduaci\u00f3n de NCHE es tan especial para m\u00ed. Contamos con varios voluntarios que regresan cada a\u00f1o y siempre quieren el mismo rol. A dos maravillosos educadores en el hogar veteranos les encanta entregar los diplomas a los padres justo antes de entregarlos. Les encanta tener un momento para felicitarlos por la dedicaci\u00f3n que han tenido para llegar all\u00ed, porque lo han vivido. A otra mam\u00e1 realmente le encanta pararse en el escenario del lado de los graduados y asegurarse de que reciban una rosa para su mam\u00e1, porque le encanta decirles a esos j\u00f3venes adultos lo orgullosa que est\u00e1 de su \u00e9xito, y lo dice en serio. Varios amigos y mis hijos mayores dedican todo el s\u00e1bado a la preparaci\u00f3n y la log\u00edstica necesarias para que este d\u00eda sea lo m\u00e1s maravilloso y tranquilo posible porque son parte de su comunidad y se preocupan por su familia. Y finalmente, un querido amigo siempre sirve como nuestro acompa\u00f1ante de padres y los gu\u00eda para que la ceremonia se desarrolle sin problemas. Sin toda esta gente, adem\u00e1s de nuestros fant\u00e1sticos oradores y maestros de ceremonias, mi trabajo ser\u00eda mucho m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil y el d\u00eda ser\u00eda mucho menos personal: otra bendici\u00f3n m\u00e1s. Las formas en que me ha bendecido ser coordinadora de graduaci\u00f3n son innumerables. La mayor bendici\u00f3n para m\u00ed ha sido sin duda la oportunidad de orar por cada joven que es lanzado al mundo con todo lo que nosotros, como padres, les hemos inculcado y orado por ellos. El primer a\u00f1o que estuve en este puesto, me sent\u00ed muy frustrado por la log\u00edstica. Hab\u00eda comenzado a sentirme amargado por demasiadas respuestas a correos electr\u00f3nicos con preguntas que ya hab\u00edan sido respondidas en el correo electr\u00f3nico al que respond\u00edan. Hab\u00eda dejado de ver a los portadores de Su imagen y s\u00f3lo ve\u00eda datos. El Esp\u00edritu Santo (no as\u00ed) me empuj\u00f3 suavemente a detenerme, escribir el nombre de cada graduado en una tarjeta y orar por todos ellos. Desde ese d\u00eda, he hecho de esta tradici\u00f3n parte de mi preparaci\u00f3n. Me ha ayudado a recordar la comunidad que tanto amo ayudar a crear. Agradezco la oportunidad de conocer mejor nuestra comunidad de educaci\u00f3n en el hogar de esta manera. Muchos de los que lean este n\u00famero tendr\u00e1n estudiantes participando en la ceremonia. Este a\u00f1o, por tercera vez, mi esposo y yo tambi\u00e9n nos graduaremos. Como hemos experimentado esto antes, entendemos el deseo de que el d\u00eda sea perfecto y queremos que esta ceremonia sea lo m\u00e1s personal posible. Eso no siempre es f\u00e1cil cuando el grupo es grande, pero sepa que compartimos este objetivo para usted, para todas y cada una de las familias. Esperamos con ansias compartir este d\u00eda con ustedes, como padres de un graduado y como personas que tienen el honor de servirles de esta manera. Gracias desde el fondo de mi coraz\u00f3n por compartir este d\u00eda tan especial con nosotros. Briggs Greenwood disfruta conectarse con otras mam\u00e1s en su rol como directora de marketing de NCHE y especialmente en su vida diaria. Vive y ama con Kevin en su casa de Durham. Tienen cuatro hijos (tres graduados de educaci\u00f3n en casa y uno que todav\u00eda aprende en casa, adem\u00e1s de una maravillosa nuera enamorada). Ha visto y probado casi todas las opciones imaginables de educaci\u00f3n en el hogar en su viaje de dieciocho a\u00f1os y no puede esperar a ver qu\u00e9 m\u00e1s tiene el Se\u00f1or reservado. \u00bfUn miembro de su educaci\u00f3n en casa se gradu\u00f3 con la promoci\u00f3n de 2020? Anime a las familias m\u00e1s j\u00f3venes cuando comparta sus reflexiones favoritas a continuaci\u00f3n.  <\/p>","protected":false},"author":20654,"featured_media":14173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[182,14],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-14172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graduate-2020","category-greenhouse","tag-graduation"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgvs5H-3GA","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nche.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GreenwoodReflectionsWebsite.jpg?fit=1108%2C582&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20654"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14172"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19034,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14172\/revisions\/19034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}