graduation ceremony & tears

Alumother
Tue, 17 May 2005 23:34:38 +0000

Boy. I hadn’t even thought about this one. Crying at graduation. Last embarassing crying over kids I had was when I was pregnant with S. Took H and D to Rome. 5 months pregnant. Knew child-to-be was a boy. Went and saw the Pieta. Am not religious. However, in that statue, the dead Jesus lies across his mother’s lap. The detail that had me standing there for 10 minutes, sobbing, while the Italians and other tourists pretended not to notice? With his dead hand Jesus is holding just one fold of his mother’s skirt. Just one fold.

Oh man.

Is there any chance that pride welling up as D dances Prayer, from Sleeping Beauty, will overcome the desire to cry? I’m probably really deluding myself…Sounds like a lot of you have performing seniors - does that make it more sob-filled or less?