My daughter snapped a picture of her graduation cake before we headed to the ceremony. She posted it on Instagram and immediately got tons of likes and an occasional, “I don’t know if I should laugh or cringe.”
“Laugh!,” she replied, “it’s hilarious.”
“It’s not every day you get hooded,” she said.
And she was right. It was a special day. Seeing the procession of hooded faculty entering the arena and then watching my daughter exit wearing a hood of her own.
I felt grateful all day.
“Do you feel more important now?,” I asked on the way to the restaurant.
“Not more important,” she replied, “just more accomplished.”
Good distinction.
Celebratory dinner at The Common Grill. So delicious.
This morning I said, “I get why being hooded yesterday felt special. It’s kind of like you’ve entered the realm of sages, like you’re Obe Wan Kenobe.”
So my daughter is now a Jedi Warrior therapist who will begin her brand new job at 6:00 tomorrow morning.
This morning she got up early to run an errand.
When she returned she presented me with a Mother’s Day card and a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
I handed it right back to her.
“I didn’t get you flowers yesterday so these are for you.”
“We’ll both enjoy them then,” she said, as she put them in a vase.
Happy Mother’s Day to me!
Happy Mother’s day to you!
Light & life 
Aw! Congrats to your daughter and happy mothers day to you!
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Thank you Ritu! Happy Mother’s Day to you!
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Very nice! Beautiful daughter, you are so lucky!
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Thank you.
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A very happy story. SWMBO and I admire your family. Congrats also to the hooded one.
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Thank you bones.
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Congratulations. I remember this occasion with each of my three daughters, and it is such an accomplishment. I’m also a college professor. My best to your daughter…
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Thank you, Robert, and congratulations to your three daughters (and to you!). As a professor your hood must get some wear. What do you teach/profess?
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I am a biologist (a molecular biologist, actually – not a great conversation starter at parties), but I am also a Christian. From my perspective, the disciplines of faith and science involve some similar reasoning.
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I agree. A common first reaction of many is that faith and science are in opposition to one another, but I disagree. God is an amazing molecular biologist, chemist and engineer. Science is just Him showing us how He did it. (Like He did with George Washington carver and the peanut and sweet potato…)
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Carver was a man of faith. I live within a couple of hours of his national monument.
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He was a great man.
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Awesome, awesome cake!
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Awww….. Congratulations to you both! Your daughter is lovely. It’s easy to see where she gets her beauty from!
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Thank you Gail. ❤
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Congrats! I love the cake, it is different and unforgettable!!
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Thank you.
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