High school graduation season is once again upon us, and this year our family has three children getting diplomas. We are excited to fight traffic and sit on hard seats so we can cheer for them — and I mean that sincerely.
If some of those graduates are like most of my kids, it’s easy to think that, after 13 years of school, they’ve made it to “the end.” It is an important milestone, to be sure, but it’s really just a beginning. That’s why we call graduation ceremonies “commencement” and not “conclusion.” What an exciting and scary time.