Class of 2025

My loves, Edda graduated from high school yesterday and walked across the stage with all the pomp and circumstance that the occasion merited. She graduated from the same high school I did 35 years ago! I didn’t cry! I loved every bit of it, the teachers and the administrators really took care of us – giving us reserved seats so we could see Edda the entire time, the DAR hall was elegant and just the right size. The band played and we all watched Edda march in the line of graduates. She was helped by her teacher, Mr. Pat.

I am so proud of Edda who goes through life with a steady equanimity and grace.

Edda was the only graduate from her special needs class, so after they called her name, we were able to duck from the stage and take photos with her teachers and then take them all out to lunch at the downtown Founding Farmers. The teachers had taken a bus from the school to the graduation and we promised them all lunch and then a ride back to school. So we rented an enormous SUV for the day which worked out well. The teachers are all amazing, they had a tough, tough year for many reasons, I know they all worked far beyond what should be required of anyone in their positions and I am forever grateful for their efforts. They are scattering to other positions in the county, so our team of many years is disbanding and new ones are reforming in its place and we are all continuing on.