so many graduates!!!!

graduation is now such a huge celebration

 for so many milestones 

that before only required 

a pat on the back and a "good luck next year"

graduation from kindergarten

graduation from 1st grade

graduation from 5th grade

graduation from 6th grade

graduation from 8th grade

the list goes on and on.....

and on.......and on......

and then there is high school

college

grad school

dental school

law school

medical school

just listing these overwhelms me!!!!

i have struggled with what to get an 8th grader for graduation and i think i have found a gift that would be great for any of the above occasions.....

i think patron saint medals are a great gift at many points in a persons life....

and there are many saints for various specific purposes 

so finding the perfect saint medal for your graduate can and should be fun 

and be something special they treasure for years to come....

i have chosen a st. christopher medal for my graduate

(st. christopher is one of the more popular medals.....the legend goes.....

"before the 1969 reform of the Roman calendar.....

christopher was listed as a martyr who died under decius...

 nothing else is known about him....

 there are several legends about him including the one in which he was crossing a river when a child asked to be carried across.......

when christopher put the child on his shoulders he found the child was unbelievably heavy......

the child, according to the legend, was Christ carrying the weight of the whole world.....

 this was what made christopher patron saint of travelers and is invoked against storms, plagues, etc..")