20-Year prophecy fulfilled ; mom and son graduate from college together

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A mother and son completed college together Friday at the University of Maryland Global Campus, fulfilling a 20-year-old prophecy, WUSA 9 reported.  Immanuel Patton promised his mother Carolyn to earn her degree when he did. Both the mother, Carolton Patton, who majored in humanities and the son, who majored in public safety, have earned their bachelor's degrees.

Their journey wasn't easy. One or both would feel discouraged and desire to quit, but they persisted with each other's aid and their commitment.

“When I was as young as kindergarten, I heard my mother talk about all these people getting college degrees,” Immanuel Patton said. “I said, ‘I will make sure you get your degree at the same time I get mine.’ I had to be a man of my word so, from kindergarten through middle school until now, that was a 20-year promise.”

The most important thing for my son and me is the driving force of our faith and our relationship with the Lord,” Carolyn said. “We pray together, we laugh together and we stick together as a family. That’s what drives us to excel in life.”

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