Without uttering a single word, could there be something so powerful, that it would bring tears to your eyes. So meaningful that it would touch your heart and leave an indelable mark? So touching that it could cause the tears to flow from your eyes?
My daughter graduated from Valencia College yesterday. It was a joyous day. She was already taking pre-law classes at UCF, but went back to "walk" for me. I had immeasurable pride, as I watched her enter the Silver Spurs Arena dressed in her cap and gown, her scarlet stohl indcating her academic achievement of a 4.0 gpa flowing gently as she glided across the arena floor.
Parental pride in full bloom as total strangers shared a single purpose on a memorable day in May. The day their children received their degree. For some the journey to the stage was a long and arduous one, for others it was only a beginning.
From the first day she left to get on the bus for Kindergarden, I signed to her "I Love You." What better way to be heard when words could not? One small gesture, three powerful words.
As they announced her name and she was handed her diploma she paused, smiled widely and before shaking the Dean's hand...there up on the huge media screen, through the viewfinder of my camera she found a way to tell me alone, in a crowd of thousands of people, what I had told her everyday as she got on the bus to head off to school from Kindergarden. The tears flowed uncontrollably from my eyes. I love you too baby.
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