<p>Hi all! It’s been a while since I’ve visited. </p>
<p>Bro and I just graduated from high school today (finally!). I sang the national anthem, he gave the class valedictorian address. I cried only after searching twenty minutes for my best friend (also going to michigan - GO BLUE '09) in the chaotic crowd and finding instead two of my closest friends who graduated last year. It’s been a long year, and seeing them made me remember just how long it’s been. Or maybe it’s bee a long two or three years. </p>
<p>Anyway, I leave on Saturday for freshman orientation in Ann Arbor. COUNTING DOWN THE MINUTES! I CAN’T WAIT! </p>
<p>Hope soozievt’s daughter made a full recovery, beruah’s happiness still abounds, and andi’s son has formulated plans for the fall. Congratulations and best wishes to all. </p>
<p>Freckly, so glad you shared and MUCHO CONGRATS on your big day, you definitely earned it. I am glad you had your moment at graduation as well as your brother/twin having one. You have had quite the year and now it is onto a very exciting new beginning! UM is so great. My daughter loved it (though was tied more to a specific program there more than the school so much but liked that too). I recall them telling the orientation dates and thinking to myself, what would she do if she got in and went here…she’ll be away at her summer theater program? And so, things kinda work out for a reason, eh? She is going to a different school so does not have this problem and thus is now at her summer theater program. </p>
<p>It was sweet of you to even think of other people in your post on your special occasion. My daughter graduated this past Saturday. She has indeed fully recovered though still does physical therapy to get back into the full condition she was in the past and is a dancer as well. She is even dancing now! It seems like a miracle. We are so happy for her and found out she got the lead in the musical where she is, yesterday. So, she is back at her game, and sooner than we ever could have imagined, and makes up for many missed things her final spring of high school. </p>
<p>I am very excited for YOU (and all the CC kids I have followed) as you embark on the college adventure. The whole college admissions process is over and the great times are just beginning for you. UM is gonna be TERRIFIC! Get some logo stuff while you are there (won’t be hard as there is one store after another there loaded with blue and gold UM stuff!)</p>
<p>Congratulations, Frecklybeckly…it’s neat to see a kid so excited about graduation (my S, who graduates tomorrow, and his friends are very blase about it…no doubt cuz us parents are so excited … just like it was back in prehistory when I graduated from HS)…on the other hand, the excitement of anticipating college reigns supreme for you, him, his friends and parents…it’s a really neat time of life…</p>
<p>Ann Arbor is a fantastic place…just the best…a good example of what’s to love about college towns. Have a GRAND time…learning life as well as academics! </p>
<p>Post every now & again and let us know how your journey goes, ok? We’re VERY proud of you and really want to know how things progress for you. We feel like you’re one of our kids! Congratulations again~</p>
<p>Becky,
you are a lovely young lady…your parents must be soooo proud. Have a wonderful orientation…and college experience. My college roomates are still some of my very best friends. We have shared so much since our graduation from college; love, marriage, baby carriages! We get together for a gal’s weekend at least once a year and we get together with spouses and kids each year too. We definitely grew up together…and built the foundation for a lifelong friendship while in school. So, that is my wish for you…a wonderful education and new friends to delight in forever! Congratulations!!</p>
<p>Congratulations and best wishes to you and your brother. What a proud day for your family! You are going to have a great time at Michigan and they are very lucky to have you.</p>
<p>Congratualtions to you and your brother. I hope that you have a truly amazing time in Ann Arbor. I also hope that you will come back next year and share your story with the class of '10.</p>
<p>Hi Becky,
How great to hear from you! I’ve been thinking about you and wondering how you’ve been.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your graduation. Your parents must have been so proud to have you singing at the ceremony-- I wish I could have heard you. I think we all have to cry at least once during graduation. </p>
<p>Let us know how the orientation goes, I’m dying to hear about your experiences both then and in the fall. </p>
<p>andison and I have recovered from our year of being strung out on deferrals and waitlists and he’s working out plans for a gap year. All three of the waitlists closed without him in the class but after that we had closure and are looking forward to the future. </p>
<p>Are you doing anything musical this summer?</p>
<p>Have a wonderful time at UMich orientation…can’t wait to hear about it.
andi</p>
<p>Congratulations Becky. Lindsey is here in Texas now, interning for a state senator. She can’t wait for September. We expect to here all about UM this fall.</p>
<p>FB,
How wonderful to hear from you. And how doubly wonderful that both you & your bro shared important parts of the graduation ceremony. People often don’t realize what a challenge it is to sing the national anthem. (The range!)</p>
<p>I’m SO excited for you that you’ll be playing Blanche. WHAT an opportunity! What a poetic playwright that T.W. was.</p>
<p>You go, girl. Have the time of your life at college.</p>
<p>So many great new friends and adventures await you in Ann Arbor, and we all enjoyed following you during your high-spirited search. You see you can always count on the kindness of strangers on the CC Board!</p>
<p>frecklybeckly - I only read this thread because it was you. Always remember that there is something in how you communicate that endears people to you. Use that on your behalf.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Becky! We look forward to hearing about your next adventure. What a wonderful dramatic opportunity for you this summer! You will surely develop as an actress and artist. Break a leg!</p>