With each camera flash, another memory was captured. Camcorders secured today's events so that dads and grandparents could later review the occasion. Teachers had created slideshows and videos, showing various events from this past year.
As I looked around the gym at Moore Elementary during this morning's "graduation" ceremony, the tears were flowing from most moms. And most kids were either laughing or whispering to one another. They could have cared less that this was their last full day of fourth grade.
What is it about graduations that make us so emotional? Is it the fact that our "babies" are growing up? Is it because we're entering into a new phase of life with them? Or is it perhaps the pride that we have for our children is showing through? Maybe it's a combination of all of those things and even more.
By 9:30 tomorrow morning, Meg will be a sophomore at Centennial, and by 10:30 Sara will be a 5th-grader at Freedom Intermediate. The bride and I couldn't be more proud of our daughters. I can remember the first day of kindergarten for both girls. I would venture to say that some of the same moms had a few tears on that day, too.
Now for the real tears from alot of moms - those three little words that they'll hear from their precious angels all summer long......"Mom, I'm bored......"
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