Grade eight

[vaneramos]

Marian graduated today. More on this tomorrow.

Comments

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

she looks terribly grownup Van!~paul

[mhkrabat.livejournal.com]

Mazel!

[thewindrose.livejournal.com]

She's beautiful! What a lovely photo!

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. She looks so grownup and beautiful. She's stunning.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!

[queenmomcat.livejournal.com]

Heck, I'm busting with pride in her just looking at this picture, and I had nothing to do with raising her whatsoever. Congratulations! What a lovely young woman (inside and out).

[dennisatl.livejournal.com]

congrats to you both! but how soon old/grownup kids are these days!
great photo w/ the background hugs goin on btw

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[stephe.livejournal.com]

I gotta agree with queenmomcat on this one.

So, how long did it take for her to change back into her more normal clothes?

[quirkstreet.livejournal.com]

Oh, my god, sweetie, you have such a beautiful girl. Two of them.

[rfmcdpei.livejournal.com]

Each of you should be quite proud. I'll have to congratulate Marian next time I see her.

[bonkishnurtaz.livejournal.com]

Marian looks like a very attractive and intelligent young lady. Does she want to become a physician, perhaps? hugs

[mathan.livejournal.com]

Sophisticated!

[myownghost.livejournal.com]

oh, she's so sweet looking! congratulations to her (and to you).

[dakoopst.livejournal.com]

As mentioned before, she's beautiful...

And it's very interesting how the photo framed itself. Marian, standing self-assured and quietly happy, in front of two pairs of hugging, crying peers.

Standing apart, but not alone.

Yeah, that sounds about right. :)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

She looks and is. Living away so home has taught her considerable self-reliance. Not much is left of the little girl, I'm afraid, but I thoroughly enjoy her as she is.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Being away from home this year she has certainly had to grow up a lot. I'm really proud of her.

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[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Indeed she is, and I'm proud of her, too. :-)

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[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Haha! She looked surprisingly comfortable in the uniform, in fact I complimented her as soon as I saw her. All her things were packed in her mother's car before the ceremony, so I presume she rode home before getting changed.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thank you, it was a serendipitous moment. She really has grown up at light speed the past year.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Pete. (hugs)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Yes. We'll undoubtedly cross paths in Toronto this summer. I really need to pick your brains soon about the trip out East.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Marian is indeed intelligent and could probably succeed at many things, but my greatest hope for her is her happiness.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Oh yes!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Yes, despite her goth inclinations, she can't help being sweet.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

You're the only one who mentioned all those layers of this photograph that I saw. I knew that several of the girls were crying, but this photo offered only a glimpse of one of their faces, so I didn't know whether that feeling would be evident. I'm glad you saw it.

Marian had been caught in the huddle only moments before. She shared their warmth and camaraderie, but for her it never became sentimental, at least not on the outside.

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

:o)
~paul