Friday is usually "Mother-Son Quote of The Week" but today I am heading to The Boy's college graduation, so I must break with tradition. Graduation day itself is Sunday, but there is a weekend of festivities around commencement.
So many mixed emotions! First, I know I will cry the moment I hear the first bars of "Pomp and Circumstance" play. I will probably cry when I see The Boy walk across the stage and get his diploma. I have already cried twice this week. Once was when I was in the car and the song "I Got You Babe" came on the radio. This is the song that was playing in the operating room (he was a c-section) the minute The Boy was born. I also cried when The Boy called yesterday to tell me he had just taken his last college class, and then recalled "the duck bus" that used to pick him up for kindergarten. (In our district, the kindergartners had half days, and the mini-busses that did the transport were named for farm animals.)
The Boy does have a job (do I hear cries of joy?) - more on that later - but happily for me, he will be home for some time this summer before it starts. Meanwhile, on Baby Watch, I would now prefer the baby to wait until Sunday to make his/her arrival, but I suspect the little one is on its own time table. And I will try to refrain to using phrases like "in the blink of an eye" with my niece, because if all goes well, in a short 21 years, she too, will be watching her baby graduate.
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