Mother's Graduation Day

Congratulations. You should plan to spike the ball in the end zone...

Congratulation to your son, and you! Good job Mom!

That's beautiful. Happy Mother's Day, Sophmom!

Felicitations to your graduate and yo you! I would have cried through the ceremony, too. (And as I've discovered, I don't have to be personally affiliated with anyone involved in the ceremony to be moved to tears.)

Mazel tov to that Middle Son!

Where does he go from here?

Congratulation re: your son, the Graduate. Hopefully you'll be home soon, with some down-time? "Closing Time" does seem to fit your entry. Happy Mother's Day!

Congratulations to you and your son! You both worked hard and deserve the time to celebrate. Oh, and feel free to continue to beam with pride!

Hmmm.... I thought I left a comment yesterday to the first four comments, but it's not here so I s'pose not.

A, that's a perfect description of how I felt all day yesterday. It was truly a team effort. Getting to know all you guys, although it took a catastrophe to make it happen, is real top of the line icing on this cake.

Thanks, Catty. I have no doubt that you know exactly how I feel. :D

AF, thanks so much for the sweet sentiments and the Mother's Day wishes. Someone brought up Mother's Day at dinner last night but we determined that such talk should wait until today as it was still *his* day. In retrospect, I'm so glad my mom decided not to come. The whole Superdome experience (all the walking and the heat) would have surely been too much for her.

Lisa, it was so about the music. It just never fails to move me and it was really beautiful, both at the Bac... and the graduation. As you know, the School of Music is such an important part of what Loyola is. They have every right to show off at these occasions, simply because they can.

Leigh, thanks, darlin'. Good question. He has until the end of June to move out of his apt. This week, he's going to Hilton Head with a friend and then probably to Boston & NY with the same friends. He'll fly to ATL and hang a bit, then we'll likely make a couple of back and forth trips with his stuff (hopefully in conjunction with my continued KSDCo activities - perhaps in company truck???). He'll stay in ATL for a bit while he finishes prepping for the LSAT & the GRE. He's also talking about looking for work in advertising (writing copy, most likely) in the short run. We have excellent agency connections in ATL and here, so those folks will get his resume. Then (fall 2009) it will probably be either law or grad school, possibly back here.

Kev, I don't know about the down time. It's a nice idea, isn't it? I actually have difficult stuff going on at home that needs tending. I will have the option to come back here though, if that's what I want. That lyric was in my head the whole day. Am I right that they were a one hit wonder? I did love that one song.

Neal, yours will be here in the blink of an eye. From your last two posts, it's clear that you are keenly aware of this. It's all such a joy.

Thanks so much, y'all for all the kind words and for stopping by to share them. You're the single best thing about blogging.

A very nice report, SM. Happy Mother's Day, Happy Graduation. A fitting combination.

More than many other events, graduations are cause for reflection in a way that "consenses" our families' history and our wishes for our kids (and ourselves) into one emotional bundle. I love the idea that somebody came up with (who and when?) to call these events "commencements" -- beginnings. So we are always optimistic on these days.

Ooops, should have typed "condenses," not "consenses." Anyways... Happy Mom's Day again!

Brian

What handsome boys! Congratulations to your son and Happy Mother's Day to you!!! (Hope you got your camera back. I'm sure the pics will be most interesting.)

Wp, that was lovely. I hadn't thought of "commencement" like that (duh) but you put it beautifully. Thanks so much for wandering over here and commenting.

Laurie, thanks. I happen to think so! :D Hope all is well over in your neck of the woods, darlin'.

Peace, y'all. I guess the big weekend is over now. *sigh*

What a great day! The boys are gorgeous and middle looks like he's over the moon. I went to a Catholic college and I have to say, from what you indicated re: assistance, and overall sensitivity and ceremony, there really was a big difference than where I went to grad school. Congratulations to all of you!

Congrats to you and middle son!!!

WooHoo!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you had a lovely Mom's day :-) OH and welcome back!!!!

Congrats regarding your boys. Glad you had a great Mother's Day. I see you future and it only gets better.;]

Aside to Laurie, oddly they don't seem to want to give me that camera! It seems to have made it's way to Keowah Island, SC. I strongly suspect that when I see it next, it will have a brand spanking new (blank) memory card. Speaking of pictures, I stopped by your blog and your Grand Fabulous Daughter sure is getting big and is still totally beautiful.

Madame Ovary, it's so nice to see you! I promise you, I give Loyola an A+ in everything, especially having watched them deal with enormous difficulty, shutting down for an entire semester then picking back up and starting again in a barely functioning shell of a city. I get chills just thinking about it all. The best word I can think of to describe them is brave. I didn't mention in my post but as the graduates exited the curtained off portion of the Superdome after the ceremony, the faculty and administrators who had exited first, had lined up "backstage" on either side of the door, so when the grads passed through the "door", they passed through a double line of applauding faculty and administrators. It was all just beautiful and we felt supported by every part of the U for the whole time he was there.

LisaB, I did, thank you very much! I'm guessing you're welcoming me back to blogging 'cause I took a little time off there? I hope you're well and happy and will just run right over and check up on you!

My darlin' Capt., thank you. I hope you and yours are well and happy. I guess you can tell my life's been kind of nuts, huh? I think I'm heading back to ATL soon, at least for a little while. I coujld stay here through the end of May but there are things at home that really need my attention. I promise I'll catch up. We'll get ourselves a democratic nominee and gather forces for the last lap.

Peace to all y'all. I hope you're having a great day. It's beautiful here in New Orleans. I'm just happy to be alive. Thanks so much for stopping by and saying hi.

congrats to you and your fam! i had a blast meeting you too, and am often in sore need of good motherly advice, so hanging with the mother hens = always a good time!

Alli, didn't we have just the best time??? I think I can safely speak for Dangerblond that we both remain available to you for any motherly advice and time and that, should you not need motherly advice, we remain available for partaking of fine food, drink and conversation!

For the record and for the sake of this time stamp (with full knowledge that I might very well be wrong since I usually am), I think long-time Idol favorite to win the whole thing, David Archuleta, will be sent home tonight (if there's a God and the vote goes according to last night's performances - 'cept I didn't see the first round). I think, having watched since they got to Hollywood (well, mostly, 'cept while I've been in N.O. and then only when D'blond goes out on Tuesdays;), David Cook deserves to win. Period.

Congratulations to you and your son! Graduations are such joyous occasions and all the "pomp and circumstances" are worth it! I've been thinking of you and hope we can get together before you go back to ATL!

Thanks, darlin'. I'd love to see y'all. The Dangerous One and I lead pretty dull lives. Work. Work. Work. I am going back soon but prolly not for long. Not sure when (maybe as late as next Wed.). Will keep you posted. The good news is that we'll need at least 2 trips to get Michael's stuff home, so I'll be back at least 2x between now and end of June even if KSDCo doesn't send me (and I think they will). We'll talk. Thanks for stopping by. Hope all is well w/ y'all.

I will add (for the rest of you, whoever you might be) that the good Dr. A, alone among these commenters, has actually met Middle Son, although I tried hard to introduce him to Alli. :)

Aside to Madame Ovary: I can't find your blog. I use to get there via Red Head Girl but can't find her either. If you subscribe to comments and see this, please email me soph underscore mom @ yahoo dot com.

SophMom I have a link to Madame Ovary on my blog in the right hand gutter.

Those are two very handsome boys (or should I say men) bookending a beautiful Mom. Congratulations to your youngest and to all the people and organizations that made this milestone possible.

JWL

J-W, we gotta get you some glasses! That's Middle Son in the, well, Middle. Youngest on (our) left, Oldest on right. I took the picture. There are some with me in it but they're in the infamous camera last seen by me in the French Quarter, thought to now be at Kiawah Island. Thanks, though, for stoppin' by, with or without your glasses. I hope all is well in your world.

Howdy, ma'am! Sorry I didn't get to tell you and yours hi and contgratulations at Baccalaureate and Commencement. So congratulations on getting another ray of hope past the Loyola hoops and on the road to something special. Peace, C

Mr. Clio, thanks for stopping by. I have to admit I was surprised to see you Friday (not sure why... turned into a *duh* moment), and somehow missed you Sat. in the low light (despite excellent seats). Would have loved a chance to talk. I thought the entire thing was so well done. I could go on for a very long time about how positive his experience as a student and our experience as a family has been. I'm very sad to see it end.

I must be slow because I couldn't figure out what "underscore" mom meant? Underline? I have a new address: madamovarypart2.blog-city.com. Thanks for such a warm welcome back.

Congratulations to you and Middle Son. Way to go!

Thanks, Madam. I've added a link to my gutter so I'll always be able to find you and left the answer to your underscore question on your blog. :)

And thanks to you, Michael. It was funny. I wasn't able to read until later but you and I were tweeting from our different perspectives at our different graduations in the same town at the same time.

It's time to head home for a while.

I'm a little behind these days, but congratulations! That is a perfect Mother's Day.