If you've ever had a sibling, you know the feeling. That moment when your brother or sister gets married, or has their first child, when they graduate from college, or high school. An overflowing feeling of pride and love that is beyond words. Heck. I feel this way about my brother and sister daily. I tell them all the time, no one can mistreat you but me. Ha! And we are all grown with families of our own now! Well except my brother. Know any good girls for a single, 29 year old, 6’2″, good looking guy? Please send over their mug shot and social security number so I can review them prior to introducing them to my little brother. Oops. Sorry – got off track!
One of my very own coworkers, JP – her brother joined the Marine’s and he’s been going through basics these last months. We are down to the wire with only a few days before JP and her family are reunited with her brother and they are SO PROUD! Not going to lie, we are overflowing with emotion-PROUD, ourselves. JP has been the ultimate big sister and an amazing support system for her brother Sam. From letters, special packages to a social media campaign with all our friends, family (including furry friends) and clients – you name it, she’s done it. Now the time has come for him to graduate. JP’s Dad is flying in from Maine and along with her sis Anne, they are going to watch it all go down. The entire office family have been a part of this epic journey and we can’t wait to hear how everything goes next week! I wanted to pull down a sweet quote from JP’s Facebook last night. I understand they have one final test before they graduate and it’s something crazy, like days with little food, unheard of conditions, etc., and they have to make it through. I turned my porch light on even though there is no one to see it out in the boonies where I live – I hope Sam felt it.
“Samuel Penney, it’s 9:35 PM. You’ve been at it for 19 hours and 35 minutes. At 10 PM my one hour Charlie Co. prayer shift starts, however I’ve thought about you all day. My porch light is still burning bright. If you start feeling weary, find my light because I’m with you each and every step of the way.”
I will tell you one thing. No one is going to look better than the Penney family at graduation! Check out the shirts, signs, wrapped gifts and all that jazz! Another amazing co-worker designed all these goodies and I'm selling them on Etsy! Gifts for the platoon such as koozies, personalized stationary, personalized banners, signs for when they make that run, shirts, you name it, we probably made it! Check it out below and see the Etsy page to shop! GO MARINES! GO USA! http://fox-t.com/products/marine-family-day-graduation-shirts-personalized-on-high-quality-super-comfy-tees
Congratulations Sam and the entire Penney family!
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