Happy Graduation

A proud middle schooler with his sisters!

Last week was full of graduations. Mr. C started things off as he graduated from 5th grade on Wednesday. The ceremony was beautiful at a local Presbyterian church. The kids sang and each said one line of remembrance from K-5th grade. It was sweet. They had a speaker who preached on the two greatest commandments and told them the importance of loving God and loving others, as well as the impact they will have on the future. It was inspiring and hopefully didn't go over all their heads. They ended by bringing white carnations out to present to all the moms in the audience. Precious.

Do I look old enough to be the parent of a graduating senior? Don't answer that.

Thursday it stormed and we had the high school graduation inside a local theatre. It was a complete fiasco. I was embarrassed that we had family drive eight or nine hours to come to it. There were no tickets so people just kept streaming in, standing in every available square inch. The principal announced before it began that she thought there should have been tickets but that the seniors hadn't wanted that. Who is running the damn school anyway?! Plus I know that S had said ahead of time that there would probably be tickets, so who knows who the renegade seniors were who pressured the administration into not having tickets. There was no speaker to offer words of encouragement or congratulations. The valedictorian and salutatorian did a fine job with their speeches. We even got a shout-out from the salutatorian (well, it was actually a mention of the good times that were had in the Swagger Wagon, but we'll take it). The fire marshall showed up half-way through the ordeal and ordered the aisles cleared. No one moved, including the sheriff's deputy standing next to me, for 10 minutes and then we continued on, just as crowded as before.

GPS was the graduation gift from us--"So you can always find your way home."

We did have a good visit with the Grandmas and Grandpas. Smarty left at midnight Friday for a senior trip to Disney World with a few friends. I have texted her a few times and it sounds like they are having a blast.