{"id":2820,"date":"2024-05-12T02:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=2820"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:32:25","slug":"hannahs-an-olivet-grad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=2820","title":{"rendered":"HANNAH&#8217;S AN OLIVET GRAD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was our third weekend on a college campus and the second graduation. This time it was Hannah&#8217;s turn. Her good friend from Haiti days, Haylee, flew from New Jersey for the occasion and &#8211; as a last minute surprise &#8211; Caleb flew in from Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melissa and I drove our mini van up to Olivet Nazarene University on Friday morning with Sarah and Grandma Trudy in tow. Our big task of the day was to move Hannah&#8217;s ginormous sectional couch to her friend&#8217;s apartment and then pack up the rest of Hannah&#8217;s stuff to bring back to Indiana. (And then put where exactly? That&#8217;s a worry for next week.)<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The couch needed to maneuver an extremely tight corner at the bottom of a staircase and it took us over an hour to get it from the front step into the apartment. I honestly despaired of the possibility and then was ultimately proven wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240510_155900-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2544\" height=\"3392\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afterwards, the packing of clothing and furniture and whatnot into the van gave me a challenge unlike any I had faced since our days of moving back and forth between Haiti and Indiana. (Hannah has a whole lot of whatnot!)<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240510_165358-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We did manage, though, and then had time for a nice sit-down dinner together.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 11:00 pm I left for the Chicago airport, a little over an hour away. In the rain. I don&#8217;t enjoy big city driving but picking up Caleb was a relatively smooth process. We were back to the hotel before 2:30 am, I think. (Had to stop for a burrito.)<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This morning brought a rush out of the hotel to get over to the chapel on campus by 8:30. The ceremony was meaningful and well-executed from start to finish.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hannah now has a college diploma. Next up &#8211; a search for a position as an interior designer. (Mom and dad are praying it will be in Indiana!)<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We made it back home a little after 8 pm and we are worn out. Hannah has to take Haylee to the Cincinnati airport first thing in the morning, I need to preach, then we get to celebrate Mother&#8217;s Day over lunch before Caleb has to go to the Indianapolis airport.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exhausted but blessed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_101142-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_115240-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2252\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_115513-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2252\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_115526-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2252\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240511_115716-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2252\" height=\"4000\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was our third weekend on a college campus and the second graduation. 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