Sometimes I think you need to step away from yourself and do big picture thinking. Yesterday’s graduation was really amazing. The weather, threatening to drown us, was absolute perfection, the speaker bright and inspiring, the music was exceptional. And of course, that damn “Pomp and Circumstance,” got to me, which it does every time. What is it about that song, that brings on the waterworks? You could literally watch puppies frolicking and cry a river if that song was on in the background.
Anyway, back to the big picture. I just want to say that I am so grateful for all that went right in Jake’s education so far. The teachers who loved and nurtured him, the friends who sustained him, the inner drive that spurred him on. From kindergarten to senior year, Jake’s education has been a stellar one.
And so there he was yesterday, picking up a piece of paper that sort of symbolizes that learning. Yes, it was one big photo op-athon, but what yesterday really means to me is “so far, so good.” Whatever part we played in getting him through to high school, is done. And I am basking in the results today. I am pondering the success of the whole process. I am putting my feet up, after all the festivities, and I am being proud of the boy. We will have more work to do, as he embarks on college, but for today, I am grateful for all he’s done, for all everybody has done to make yesterday happen.
*the gratitude-a-thon 