Don't cook bacon naked -The advice for the Graduates

"They" say you remember your graduation, your wedding, the birth of your children, their graduation, their wedding and their births.

I remember my first tongue kiss, my first cigarette, both were at The Devon Horse Show by the way, my first time, not at Devon, the day I walked out of Baldwin and Conestoga HS never to return, leaving my castle of White Horse Farm thinking my life was over, one sad night in Avalon, the birth of Taylor, the day Jerry Garcia died, the day I married Jeffery Stevens Hinkle, the birth of Luke, the day Jeff left, the day Jeff died, my graduation from Immaculata, my ah ha moment in the Landmark Forum and forgave my dad, the day my dad died, the day Zane died which on Friday will be a year, and now my oldest childs' graduation.
Of course there have been so many amazing things that have occurred in between all of those events but they stand out.

It was a great event. Even though it was way too long. They had 5 seniors give speeches and each lasted at least 15mins long. UGH!!! And the sad thing was, some of them were really great but I couldn't stand to listen to them. I just wanted to hear my daughters name called!!
She was so happy! Definitely the happiest I have ever seen her. A great moment!!

And my mom and sister came to the house afterward. And even though this was the first time I have seen my sister or even spoken to her since all of this mayhem with mom came out, it was business as usual. I guess that whole blood is thicker than water saying stood the test of time.
I know I have a lot of training in the area of relationships and I can coach anyone through anything and I'm good at it but you know how they say doctors make the worst patients, well that's how it can be with me.

So I took some coaching from my other sister who said I should try using all of my training for this area of my life. And you know the saying, it takes two to Tango? Well it actually only takes one. Me. I choose how I live my life and I choose to be angry or sad or lonely or happy or excited. I choose how I am with others. It's quite powerful!

One of the girls got up and spoke about humility tonight. She said if she had humility she wouldn't be up talking about it. HA! I love that.

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