After my high school graduation ceremony, Mom and Dad invited all my guests back to our house for a post-graduation get-together that I hadn't known about. I knew Mom had made celebratory sweets, but I didn't know anyone but our house guests would be joining us for them.
And then, that Sunday, my pastor and associate pastor called me to the front of the church with my parents and presented me with a new Bible with my name monogrammed onto it!
And then, after the service, we all went to a community lot that my church rents from time to time for some fellowship.
Go ahead, call me dense.
But I had no idea, even when seeing the purple banner of congratulations on the door, that this was a party my church had thrown for me.
It took seeing the purple table-sheets, the purple decorations, and the purple cupcakes with a graduation cap on top, before I realized they were celebrating my graduation.
Apparently (obviously), everyone had known that little fact except for me.
I can't even describe how it felt, that they would do something like that for me. Mom and one other lady, who where there to see my first reaction, both said they thought I looked like I was about to cry. I didn't feel like I was going to cry, but I did feel somewhat overwhelmed - in the best possible way.
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