A Step Above...A Step Beyond

ExtraORDINARY...
Not ordinary or mediocre....or average.
Some people just stand out this way as being a step above their peers.....a step beyond.....average.
Our son Chuck’s son.....Carlos III or ‘Pipo’ as we call him happens to be one of those extraordinary individuals.
Pipo is in Marine Boot Camp at Parris Island now.
He intends to go into the Reserve as he finishes his college education. He has already shown himself to be ’above and beyond’ in most of his boot camp ratings....
No one in our family is surprised.
From childhood. Pipo climbed the highest tree, raced the fastest motor bike, excelled in sports and worked the hardest at jobs while still in school. In addition to this, he always helped with the children in Junior Church, worked in church camps in the summer and anything the family was involved in their community and life. He couldn’t wait until he was 18 to qualify for a tandem Skydive jump.....which he did.
Pipo always seemed to .....push it to the limit ....much to his Mother and Father’s dismay.
I received a letter from him yesterday and he said “It is easy here but the one thing I didn’t count on was missing my family this much.”
Getting up at 4:00 a.m., marching, training, ‘having his butt chewed’, excelling, etc. he calls easy.
Doing without the ones he loves.....is hard.
......I know....I miss him terribly because he would always light up a room in our family.
Yes, Pipo is a step above and beyond......ordinary!

***There is no person living who isn’t capable of doing more than they think they can do....