Michael, grade 9 and Samuel, grade 11. This morning for family Bible, we watched a Ted Talk on the power of perseverance. David followed it up with the words of the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Philippians 3 : 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Most of the time, I find myself looking into the rear-view mirror of life considering what we could have done better with our boys. But as I looked into my boys' faces this morning, I thought about their own personal determination. Zachary has chosen a non-traditional path toward his undergrad by choosing to take classes online so that he can keep his job working at a local law firm--this month marked him working there two years. In addition, he works several hours at Chick-Fil-A. One night a week, he