As the school year draws to a close, students don caps and gowns and prepare to cross the stage at graduation. What’s your favorite graduation memory? Did you represent your graduating class as a speaker, play a trick on your friends, or turn red from embarrassment as your family whooped and hollered from their seats? Share your graduation memories in today’s Throwback Thursday.
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Jhusom 2011 and 2015 we are a Hopkins family
Mom and Dad '81, Julie'11, Daniel '15
While I graduated recently, this is certainly not about me but rather the father and son who both had the same name, (Sr. and Jr.) graduated together. I saw the look of accomplishment in both their eyes (the dad was especially proud) and said, wow. I was totally moved and impressed by that.
My family consisted of mother, father, myself, and eleven siblings, which meant we made the most of what we had and took little for granted. When I was a teen-ager, my father had an incredibly stressful work life. He never missed work for any illness, and even made sure he took every opportunity to work overtime or special projects. I learned later that he worked some of that overtime so we could afford my school pictures and class ring. But the crowning moment was on that Sunday when I graduated, and knew my father had an opportunity to work overtime, but saw him in the crowd as I processed down the aisle to my seat. I graduated with honors from high school, but the biggest honor was knowing I was more important than overtime, in my father's eyes.
Looking into the stands and seeing my children, knowing that I set an example for them. In that moment I really felt like Super MOM.
At my college graduation, I brought a small bottle of bubble soap and a wand. Towards the end of the ceremony I began making bubbles which floated over the other graduates. A reporter noticed and put my photo on the front page of the City paper. A memory I will share with generations to come!
I was presented several awards at graduation that I did not know I was going to get. When my class stood and cheered, my face burned for the rest of the day I was so embarrassed and proud at the same time. I will never forget it.