FZ1riderNY
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My only son Richard graduated with Honors from Mount Saint Michael Academy yesterday. I had a lot of different emotions running through my head the past few days. I was happy as heck that he did so well, much better than I ever did in school. I was proud to have such a brilliant son which God blessed me with 18 years ago. I was sad to see that my little boy had "grown up" to be a fine young man. I'm sure that other dads out there understand what I mean. You never want to see your kids get older so quickly. I swear I blinked my eyes and high school was done! My sadness is compounded because being a single dad, and raising him with me, we have been so close and I didn't want the day to come that he would be "moving on" to do things on his own. I guess it was inevitable but it came so damn fast!
He has a scholarship to Pace University to study Nursing and Pharmaceuticals in the Fall. He will be a "commuting" student so I'm fortunate to have him for at least another 4 or 5 years for which I'm happy. Anyway, I thought I'd throw up a few pics of the graduation for you guys to see. Does anyone else have a son or daughter who has also graduated this year? If so, feel free to post up here!
Getting ready outside the school.
I had great seats. It pays to be "early".
Here is the new Graduate!
The President of the school giving the welcome speech.
And there it is! The Diploma!!
What was even nicer that day was the fact that my Childhood Companion, Joey, had his son Joseph, graduating with Richie too. My mom flew in from Vegas just to see Richie graduate. Here's a shot of the three of us, Mom, Joey, and me.
Joey and Joseph, proud father and son. We had met again at the freshman orientation, 4 years ago, after not seeing each other for almost 20 years. It was such a surprise to see him there and I feel it was divine intervention that brought two inseparable friends back together!
Richie's girlfriend Vianca, Richie, and Mom
This shot brings a tear to my eye everytime I look at it. A really proud Dad!
The Official Document!
Thanks for looking. Please post here if you also have a Graduate in the family.
He has a scholarship to Pace University to study Nursing and Pharmaceuticals in the Fall. He will be a "commuting" student so I'm fortunate to have him for at least another 4 or 5 years for which I'm happy. Anyway, I thought I'd throw up a few pics of the graduation for you guys to see. Does anyone else have a son or daughter who has also graduated this year? If so, feel free to post up here!
Getting ready outside the school.
I had great seats. It pays to be "early".
Here is the new Graduate!
The President of the school giving the welcome speech.
And there it is! The Diploma!!
What was even nicer that day was the fact that my Childhood Companion, Joey, had his son Joseph, graduating with Richie too. My mom flew in from Vegas just to see Richie graduate. Here's a shot of the three of us, Mom, Joey, and me.
Joey and Joseph, proud father and son. We had met again at the freshman orientation, 4 years ago, after not seeing each other for almost 20 years. It was such a surprise to see him there and I feel it was divine intervention that brought two inseparable friends back together!
Richie's girlfriend Vianca, Richie, and Mom
This shot brings a tear to my eye everytime I look at it. A really proud Dad!
The Official Document!
Thanks for looking. Please post here if you also have a Graduate in the family.