Hello World...

For the past 2 years, I've gotten up early, gathered with friends who shared the journey of college together, and walked with a great posture (I know a rarity), and gleamed with pride as we triumphantly walked down The Lawn at Mr. Jefferson's University without tripping and falling. We were wearing the honors of honors.


Off to the side were all our parents. Standing, because Lord forbid they sit and miss us. They had peppered us with encouragement, gas money, and food as we lounged at each other's houses for a quick road stop while we trekked on our latest college road trip.

Oh, there we were...on the precipice of real life.

A year later...2 years  later....

At the T & D Bed and Breakfast (some things change, some don't), I find myself savoring a glass a wine (a change) and having D tell me that I'm truly a 'Big Girl' as he relives his big triumph of the day of finding the last 12-pack of Fosters' at Kroger while negating the fact that he couldn't complete the yoga move I was trying to teach him because he got a 'cramp.'  L has declared that I'm still a kid (I'll take it).  Is this The Real World? Is this what I have to look forward to? I do. And, a smile draws up on my face.

Since graduating, I've yet to meet at day that I haven't grasped another life lesson from.  My graduation speech from high school knew this. I don't feel like I did. But, my heart did. Education is a lifelong pursuit.

I may have learned just as much in the past year, past 2 years, as I did getting those degrees from UVA.

Moral of the Story:  Perhaps, I'm still on the precipice of real life. Hello World.