She Finally Did it Billings

Some things in life take longer than expected. Especially when normal life gets in the way. We all have goals. We all have things that we want to accomplish before our days are up. For this lady, she wasn't going down with a fight, and I for one am proud of her.

A 97-year-old woman received an honorary diploma from a Michigan high school eight decades after she was forced to drop out to help her family. In case you missed that, she got her diploma more than 80 years after she was forced to leave school. That is amazing.

Margaret Thome Bekema finally was able to don a mortarboard and fulfill her lifelong goal in front of her friends and family. School administrators from Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids presented her with the diploma at the Yorkshire and Stonebridge Manor senior community in Walker.

You see, she would have graduated with the Class of 1936 but she left during her junior year to care for her three younger siblings because her mother was ill with cancer. So sad for her and her mother.

She said leaving school at age 17 broke her heart and she's thankful for the recognition.

I think this is incredibly neat that she was able to accomplish this and I bet she feels like a million bucks for it. Good for her!

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