May 23, 2006

• My Boy Graduated

  
  

  Things have changed a bit from when I was elementary school.  Michael is leaving fifth grade and we had a full-blown graduation ceremony complete with the walk across the stage to receive the certificate.  There was a problem with the audio visual equipment so the program got started a half hour late and it lasted a full hour.  But it was wonderful.

  
  

  The best part was a powerpoint slide show.  Each child brought a photo from home.  The note I got asked for something from kindergarten so that's what I sent, but quite a few were baby photos.  There they were, babies one minute and fifth grade graduates the next.  It was wonderful. 

  
  

  Afterward, Michael got to choose where we went for dinner so he picked Chipotle Mexican Grill.  We dragged out the evening as long as we could but there was a storm rolling in so we came on home.  By the time we got here lightning had begun to flash and the wind was picking up.  Michael got on his pajamas and went to his room and then I could hear sounds of distress.  He was really upset by the way the windows rattled.  (Well, to be honest I was too, the windows here are so drafty that with every new gust of wind the curtains blew as though the glass was open to permit the breeze.)

  
  

  I went in and talked with him for a few moments, then he allowed how he thought it would be better if he brought a book to my room and we read a story "like the old days."  These days, Michael reads his own stories and only very rarely asks for read-aloud.  But he chose the book and came to my room.  So that's how it is that last night, I was snuggled up in the middle of my bed with a boy on either side while I read, "I Love You the Purplest."

  
  

  

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