Graduation

Bryan, it's your graduation day! Well technically it's Saturday but it is here. This definitely isn't how I expected to celebrate this amazing accomplishment but we will celebrate anyway.  I've wondered what I should say to you. I've started this many many times. The truth is there is so much to say and nothing at all. There's a lot I want you to know but you will learn along the way and you always have
 us to talk to and ask for advice. On the flip side we have had so many big talks I'm not sure what all is left to cover. I'm so thankful for the relationship we have built.  I had no idea what I was doing when we brought you home...you made me a mom! I think we've both learned a lot along the way. Some lessons were easier than others.  But we made it through. We are in a whole new realm of parenting. I have to cheer from the bleachers now instead of the sidelines but I will never stop cheering.  I will always be your biggest fan. I'm so excited to see what you do in this big big world. It's not always going to be an easy ride but it's going to be an amazing one.  While trying to think of what to say to you this song kept coming to mind:
Be strong in the Lord and,
Never give up hope,
You're going to do great things,
I already know,
God's got His hand on you so,
Don't live life in fear,
Forgive and forget,
But don't forget why you're here,
Take your time and pray

Read it then read it again.  "Don't forget why you're here". Remember why be ordinary when you were born to be extraordinary.

Proud of you, proud to be your mom and proud of the man you are.

Happy Graduation