Hi Friends:
So, it's graduation season. High school, college--my daughter is graduating from preschool this Friday. I was thinking that there are so many celebrations for and markers of achievement when we're young. Not only is there graduation for preschool, kindergarten, sixth grade, eighth grade, high school and college, but also there's getting in your first tooth, walking, talking, potty training, losing teeth, becoming a teenager, getting your driver's license, going to prom, getting married, having a kid--and then, nothing (unless you go to graduate school or win a prize or something) until retirement. That could be twenty-five to fifty years of nothing. No wonder being a grown up sucks--there aren't any parties, except for that you're getting older (and who wants to celebrate that?!).
I think we should continue to celebrate our accomplishments, big and small. I think we should make little graduation ceremonies for ourselves, for both events in our lives and for milestones of maturity. We could have commencement ceremonies for:
-quitting smoking
-when you realize that, even if you could have your ex back, you wouldn't want to
-when you decide you'd rather have everyone see you in a bathing suit than not go swimming
-when you buy a house
-when you pay off your house.
Really, you could graduate from all kinds of things. "I graduated from nagging my husband all the time, and he graduated from not listening to me," you could say, as if you've put those things behind you and are moving on to the next phase of your life. It's all in the way that you look at things.
Or, maybe I'm just looking for any excuse to have a party.
Have a great week, and I hope to see you this Thursday in class!
-Meredith
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