<p>Publication-worthy piece, taomom. Kudos.</p>
<p>I still miss Jamimom, too.</p>
<p>this would be a fine commencement speech this year, or any year [with the authors permission of course].</p>
<p>Fabulous! Thank you.</p>
<p>Wow - I just read this. Thank you, Taomom, for saying what we, as parents, have always known in our hearts, and could not eloquently articulate as well as you have.</p>
<p>I stand, I applaud, I raise my cyber glass of wine.</p>
<p>To Taomom, thank you.</p>
<p>Hey Taomom, what took you so long? 
Wow, just wow.</p>
<p>thanks, I will share these words with our DD</p>
<p>Wow. I am also a new poster. Outdone, though. Thanks</p>
<p>Wow…Wow. (somehow, just one “wow” wouldn’t do it justice).</p>
<p>Usually when i see a post that long, I read the first paragraph and move on to the next post. But you had me hooked and I have enjoyed and felt every word of it. </p>
<p>Thank you. <reverent bow=“”>.</reverent></p>
<p>Wow, a first post that is destined to become a CC classic!</p>
<p>Welcome, taomom, and please keep posting!</p>
<p>P.S. I too miss Jamimom’s posts.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>damn! that was pretty good! I am impressed by such eloquent post!</p>
<p>This is absolutely fabulous. It should def. be published!</p>
<p>i dont have time to read that long thing</p>
<p>As an '08 Senior myself, I found this post quite inspiring. Thank you!</p>
<p>There is so much that I would say about this post, but nothing would amount to what yours make me feel. Their profundity fills me with hope to an extent that my feelings are eneffable. If you don’t mind, I have printed this out to let my friends read. They need to hear this, the message is clear. As a senior graduating in less than two months, I needed to hear this. I needed to know that everything that I’ve done, everything that I feel is not in vain. Thank you for posting this. God bless you and your beautiful and eloquent words. You know, inserting this into a grad card is not a bad idea. You need to publish this. I will give all credits to you.</p>
<p>wow, thank you</p>
<p>Although I think this is a fabulous post, I still believe that it somewhat blames the kids for feeling anger, for having “feelings” about being waitlisted or rejected. This year, it wasn’t just at Harvard, but at many other not so lofty schools as well. I think it’s a great post, well-written, definitely what everyone needs to think about and focus on to move past this anger and disappointment. But, unless we feel that our kids are inherently bratty - maybe we should look at what caused this anger and disappointment. They did not get to this point of pining for a tier 1, 2, 3 or 4 college or expecting to get into one, without some help from society and the college admissions process. Let’s point them in the right direction, give them this wonderful bigger life focus, because it is all so true, but let’s not forget about the buildup that preceded the letdown. Something is not right in the admissions process. Maybe our kids need an alignment in their thinking but it’s not just the kids’ thinking.</p>
<p>Kudos on a wonderful post Taomom - please don’t take my comments to mean that I don’t appreciate it or believe in it’s worth. I would just like to see some changes in the admissions process. We do have more protection from manipulation purchasing a car than purchasing a college education.</p>
<p>Wow, you must have gone to Harvard in order to be able to write that well… :P</p>
<p>I bet you’re an indigo child too! How wonderful your writings are!</p>