Friday, May 1, 2020

Seven graduates ... no graduations! Kendi Hansen Dunkley

On May 1, 2020 Kendi Hansen Dunkley, Stacy's 23-year-old middle daughter, was to graduate from Dixie State University with an Associate of Science degree, except for the invasion of a highly-contagious virus with no known cure. 

Glad to be done with school, she would still enjoy donning her Trailblazer red for a graduation ceremony now tentatively planned for December 11 ... unless, of course, COVID-19 comes roaring back in the fall!!!

The high points in Kendi's time at Dixie State University include her 2019 summer wedding to Taylor Dunkley; being hired as a technician at Richens Eye Center in downtown St. George; working in the Emergency Room at Dixie Regional Medical Center for a year and a half; and traveling to Costa Rica for the destination wedding of her close friend JaiCee Porter-Lundeen.

Our beautiful Kendi (like Wendy but with a K and an i, she tells people) does not plan to go on to school because she has a good job and a happy marriage, but admits she's open to the idea down the road, in the same way she is open to the idea of babies in her future (but there's no time frame for motherhood either).  For now, she hopes her future is all about working at Richens Eye Center.

We are proud of our delightful young graduate - who has never taken a bad picture in her life - and who is a great blessing to us  and our family.  We look forward to cheering her on as we watch her life continue to unfold.

As your grandmother, I pray you will always believe in yourself as much as I believe in you.  I can't promise to be here for the rest of your life, but I can promise to love you for the rest of mine!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations, Kendi! We love you!