Graduation

Headed to Project Grad, but I must make note of a few things:

Before we went out the door of the library, Phyllis K. told someone to go tell Jenna to look at her necklace now; then she told us, "Her dad's going to be walking down the aisle with her tonight." About 4 of us (almost all of us who were in the library at that time) told her not to say another word. Lee's death is still fresh, even after--what? five years?

A thunderstorm knocked the lights out just as the last piece of a row was getting ready to walk up to the stage. The last row--including Danny M. in his wheelchair--graduated in the dark because the halogen lights take so long to come back up.

And JAMES W. GRADUATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mark's retiring, so I'm the only one who will celebrate the differences next year--at least on our end of the building.