Tag: graduation
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Endings And Beginnings
Tis the season for graduations, everything from five-year-olds moving out of kindergarten to grade one to middle school kids moving on to high school to high schoolers finishing their expected time in education. College is not everyone’s choice. As I watched Sydney walk to get her diploma, I thought about how hard she’s worked to…
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When The Dream Becomes Real
Graduation. Finishing well a plan that was begun, by law or choice. High school, college, or accelerated degrees are all a matter of our investment choices. What are we seeking to accomplish with what we finish? I remember years of wanting to be finished with high school so I could do what I wanted. Be…
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There’s A Time For Every Purpose
‘Tis the season for graduations and moving forward in our personal journeys. For this COVID season which has made time crawl by with sloth-like slowness, coming to this occasion to honor grads of all kinds is a pleasant pause in a cultural norm of unease. Celebrations are reminders that the seasons pass even when we…
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There Is No Dress Rehearsal
I’ve been to my share of graduations. Celebrations of a rite of passage, a task accomplished and a new journey ahead. Most of them have been from high school or college. This was my first kindergarten graduation. Yes, this is a thing. I didn’t realize that so much attention could be focused on finishing this…
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