Isn't It Ironic

For those of you who don't know, we recently decided to not enroll Sam in this great private school because we realized we couldn't soon afford three private school tuitions. I think it was one of the more difficult decisions we've made as a family, but it could've been worse.

We were lucky that when we withdrew we were never contacted about paying the first year's tuition - even though we were warned that we would have to if another student wasn't available to take Sam's place.

So I cringed yesterday when I saw a letter from the school. I was relieved to read that they were just expressing their disappointment that Sam wouldn't be attending for the 2006-2007 school year and letting us know that the non-refundable application, processing and tuition fees we'd paid (some $1000) would be donated to a scholarship fund for students in financial need.

So, the money we paid before realizing we couldn't afford the tuition will now help pay someone else's. The world works in mysterious ways ...