Proud of the youth

This is a very exciting time for myself and my family well the youth of my family in particular. My cousins both attended prom this past weekend and were as handsome and beautiful as they wanted to be. They both will be graduating this coming saturday which they are excited and slightly saddened by which is understandable. They  both will be attending great four year universities. Ashley will be attending Stanford and Aaron will be joining my younger brother at USC. Then there is Bryan who will be graduating from middle school and going on to high school at Lake Forest Academy. Attending LFA is something that is impressive to even me for one it is a very hard school to get into second he'll be living at the school which presents its own set of challenges.  Finally there is my nephew D'angelo who will be attending summer school this summer and graduating from high school at the age of 15.  I know there are those that may read this and say whats the big deal its middle school and high school. Well for those of you not from Chicago you may not be familiar with the number of killings of african americn youth in this city. It is said that an african american youth in chicago has a greater chance of being killed than graduating high school. Granted my family is blessed and these children aren't exactly being raised in the hood but never the less they are to be celebrated.  As a member of what I like to call the middle generation of my family I know the different kinds of pressures and challenges they had to overcome to be successful. I'm just filled with pride and joy right now so I wanted to share it with the masses LOL. Antyway Later peoples.