What a mostly crappy day.
It's a bunch of nonsense but what happened today is that I didn't get to see my dad graduate from college. For the first time. EVER. He didn't graduate high school, and he certainly didn't go to college. Until 8 years ago.
Yes, that does say 8 years. My dad has been putting himself through college slowly but surely. While working 40+ hours a week driving a cab in this great city, he also took 2 classes per term (including most summers), supported (emotionally and financially) both my sister and myself, dealt with 2 teenage girls growing up and moving away and coming back, and moving again. He is truly an amazing man and deserves this BA more then most people I know.
While I didn't get to watch him walk across a stage, having to share his astronomical achievement with 6,000 other graduates, I do get to be his daughter. I got to be a part of his transformation, his struggle and his huge success.
What more could a girl ask for?
It's a bunch of nonsense but what happened today is that I didn't get to see my dad graduate from college. For the first time. EVER. He didn't graduate high school, and he certainly didn't go to college. Until 8 years ago.
Yes, that does say 8 years. My dad has been putting himself through college slowly but surely. While working 40+ hours a week driving a cab in this great city, he also took 2 classes per term (including most summers), supported (emotionally and financially) both my sister and myself, dealt with 2 teenage girls growing up and moving away and coming back, and moving again. He is truly an amazing man and deserves this BA more then most people I know.
While I didn't get to watch him walk across a stage, having to share his astronomical achievement with 6,000 other graduates, I do get to be his daughter. I got to be a part of his transformation, his struggle and his huge success.
What more could a girl ask for?
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