Graduation Day
Woman in the Middle | June 15, 2015I remember my college graduation as marking the moment I was finally DONE! I think Youngest Daughter felt the same way Saturday. I, on the other hand, remember when she started kindergarten, so my great joy and pride for her achievement was tinged with nostalgia, as I mentioned a few days ago. So I shed some tears, as this mom often does at significant moments such as college graduation. I cried when the graduates marched in, I cried when they sang the national anthem, and then I cried just a bit more for no good reason. But then I was OK.
During the two hour ceremony, Eldest Daughter took the time to figure out how many woman were in the 2015 class of mechanical engineering graduates. Drum roll please….13! That is 13 out of a class of a little more than 200. That makes me even prouder, that Youngest is taking a path that so few women take. She hopes to be an inspiration to other young women who may not think that they can pursue engineering. I think she will be.
Here are a few pictures we took at graduation.
Here is the whole family with the happy graduate. I am wearing the outfit I bought the night before, after I was told I had to dress up for the event.
Here is the happy graduate with her roommate for the past two years, Melissa. Note the blond hair. Thank goodness for that blond hair. Whenever we spotted it we knew Youngest was nearby! BTW, Melissa’s dream has been to work in the Imagineering department for Disney. Happily, she was just hired by them, which is why she put “Dreams do come true” and Mickey on her cap.
This is what the top of Youngest’s cap looked like. Her sorority has a tradition of the little sister decorating the big sister’s hat when they graduate. It says “Kiss Me I’m a Grad.” Note the “K” and “D” are different colors. That represents their sorority, Kappa Delta. Then the word ”ME” is a different color, representing Youngest’s major, mechanical engineering. Her little sister was so clever!
I want to commend Cal Poly, Pomona for a lovely but fast paced graduation. It was appreciated by all of us in the audience!
Peace Out!
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