My daughter has just telephoned me from New Zealand to say my 19-year old GD has been awarded a thousand dollar scholarship for her nursing degree fees. Her Head of Nursing gave her a recommendation that was unbelievably flattering - she said GD would go right to the top of nursing and must not be allowed to leave. She intends to finish her degree and work in nursing for a few years, but she will probably then take a post-grad medicine course. She won't end up with any debts - she is a very hard worker and within a week of arriving at their new house she had found work at the local supermarket and she is able to fit her shifts around her studies.
Her fiance moved out to live with them last year and he has got himself a job as a personal trainer at a gym in Nelson, so they are able to support themselves. They met at school and have been together since they were 15 and are perfectly suited.
My daughter is so happy with their new life - she is now Events Organiser for the local Riding for the Disabled, and the chairwoman has asked her to help exercise her horses on her huge stud farm. They are living very largely off their own produce - they have had to buy two large chest freezers and she is about to get two sheep to add to the pigs and hens.