{"id":2683,"date":"2022-12-20T02:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T02:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:33:47","slug":"end-of-2022-kid-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=2683","title":{"rendered":"END OF 2022 KID UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am working on our family&#8217;s first Christmas card in several years. Here today I am posting the heart of the letter:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The update on each of the kids.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here we go:<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Caleb<\/b>, 21, has one semester left at Wabash College and then\nhe will be serving the next few years with the Army. Since his sophomore year,\nCaleb has been involved in ROTC, and we recently found out that after\ngraduation, he will be working in the Armor branch \u2013 which means tanks \u2013 and\nhe\u2019s pretty excited about it. Early in the new year, we should be getting\nspecific info about where he will be stationed \u2013 it could be as close as\nTennessee or as distant as Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221202_171514_HDR-3-scaled.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2600\" data-original-width=\"4624\" height=\"226\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221202_171514_HDR-3-scaled.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Hannah<\/b>, 20, is in her junior year at Olivet Nazarene\nUniversity, just south of Chicago. She is loving her studies in interior design\n\u2013 it seems to be a great fit for her. She keeps busy outside of class by\nholding down 5 different part-time jobs including being a tutor and waitressing\nat Cracker Barrel. She has hopes of studying in Europe for at least a short\ntime over the coming summer.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgja5ywPgWtZ99bIkJ1z6mVbPLyD7ad-xDRdwhw6U6S4mcK2nDDLGOsjGj4lP7zM0msT5mzY7AiPftpvqcSYMFtvUOfDee2wvaeTQgnoUG-DihgC4nIlbYKFU1zUBWnZwjMwGdPd1vBLA7l7Fh0rJ5YYEthUvHryyr0IIwB8EG2elfZm2IRo-J05k5v\/s320\/20220413_210427%20(1).jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1079\" data-original-width=\"1440\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgja5ywPgWtZ99bIkJ1z6mVbPLyD7ad-xDRdwhw6U6S4mcK2nDDLGOsjGj4lP7zM0msT5mzY7AiPftpvqcSYMFtvUOfDee2wvaeTQgnoUG-DihgC4nIlbYKFU1zUBWnZwjMwGdPd1vBLA7l7Fh0rJ5YYEthUvHryyr0IIwB8EG2elfZm2IRo-J05k5v\/s320\/20220413_210427%20(1).jpg\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Samuel<\/b>, 19, is halfway through his second year at Ball State\nin their computer science program. He\u2019s looking at graduating early, though, so\nhe might be finishing the same time as Hannah. He spent last summer selling\nbooks door to door in the suburbs of Detroit. He learned a lot doing it \u2013\nespecially: how hard it is to make money selling anything door to door. <span Segoe UI Emoji\",sans-serif'>\ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221216_125650-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4624\" height=\"2600\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Sarah <\/b>\u2013 our last one still in the nest \u2013 is a sophomore,\nfast approaching her 16<sup>th<\/sup> birthday (come January). She is loving her art and dance\nclasses. She just wrapped up dancing in the high school production of <i>Elf\nThe Musical<\/i> and next she will keep busy with show choir competition season.\n\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiovaRdQA8CNVsQcNT2V7qgvG126eofPXR_KebzSSVvk021hKfcRr6P6gPqSfDlO-mgBvCJ4l45E3nqkWsyJokoLc3Y0xeJSAAAuR5ybzwZ8SyWO6nL5xvxDxYPaoIsZXdKc5ikixy4az_AZX2U2c95zBzZrep7E5TQ5X0yWZVe9DMRekcOHX3XC3KQ\/s320\/20220317_102302%20(1).jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1079\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am working on our family&#8217;s first Christmas card in several years. Here today I am posting the heart of the letter:\u00a0 The update on each of the kids. Here we go: Caleb, 21, has one semester left at Wabash College and then he will be serving the next few years with the Army. 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