Simon Graduated!

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Fairport's Class of 2006 held their ceremony at the Blue Cross Arena a week ago Thursday. I found it surprisingly important to me that Simon participate in the ceremony and I get to see him cross that stage to get his diploma. Steve, my sister Gretchen and my nephew Paul, went with me. I took tissues, expecting to get a little teary but I didn't at all. But not to worry, I had other opportunities for emotion.

The week before we'd had a family celebration on our deck. This is the cake Mom had Wegmans make. I love that picture. In writing some mushy stuff in the card I gave to Simon, I found myself sniffling a little. When he opened the card an hour later, I burst into tears, burying my face in my napkin. Simon looked stunned for a second, then reassured everyone, "Oh, she's okay. My mom's happy, that's all."

The day after the graduation ceremony, Gretchen wrote this piece in her blog which made me cry. In fact, having reread it now and thinking about all this again, yep, I'm tearing up.

Sunshine of my life, indeed.