Yesterday was a big day for Emily and us. She graduated from high school. Her class was the largest one to date with 360 kids. The ceremony took about 2 hours in the high school field house. It was extremely hot inside but always a possibility at this time of year. Several of the kids delivered wonderful inspirational speeches. The principal gave a very moving talk about her feelings of Em’s class. Back in the fall I did a blog post about the loss of one of their classmates. The principal talked at length about how this impacted the class and how they rallied and raised money for a scholarship fund in the young boy’s honor. His parents were in the audience and when his name would have been called to receive a diploma they gave an honorary one to his parents and a yearbook which had been dedicated to him. It was very moving and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
Last night ended one journey for Em and for us as well. The last 20 something years of all of our lives have revolved around a school calendar. In September we will embark on another journey and another school calendar, this time it will be college.
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