Wow! I was toasted with words from the depths of friends’ and family members’ souls. Feeling like I went through an initiation of loving-kindness; an evening to celebrate me. Ooph! A lot to take in, but with help, I was able to stay present and to meet each person’s loving comments with an appropriate and heartfelt response.
Delicious food, beautiful setting (the Evergreen’s home), gorgeous weather; my brother in law was the grill master (Thank you Dave Robbins!!!) and he did great – we had kabobs, grilled veggies, burgers and many salads, etc etc. Too much food even…
Then Sunday was graduation day. I did not sleep well so it was kind of a foggy day for me. The Gov. of Virginia did our commencement speech – entertaining but due to my grogginess, I do not remember much. However, seeing thousands of happy and celebrating parents and students on the Lawn was special. I felt a definite sensation of completion as I crossed the stage in the Aquatic and Fitness Center gym (where the psychology department had their diploma presentation). Yummy indeed!