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I'll be honest-this was a hard post to start. How do you put into words the feelings of seeing my baby sister graduate from the United States Military Academy and get promoted to a Lieutenant in the Army? Or seeing the formality of all of the events that we went to and only seeing a glimpse of what these kids have gone through the past 4 years at the Academy? It's pretty surreal to see my sister come full circle, from tearing her ACL in high school, which delayed her starting a year at USMA and gaining a year of experience at the USMA prep school, to finally graduating on a glorious, sunshine filled day, with our closest family right there with her!! All of the driving back and forth, the chilly mornings we had waiting, the walking from the parking lots and sore butts we all had from sitting so long were so worth it!   We spent Friday morning at her Graduation Parade, where the entire corps marches out and then the "Firsties" (aka Seniors) separat...

Shout out to my newly graduated sister-in-law Priscilla on her commencement day for her MBA! Way to kick off Mother's Day weekend with a bang! I met young, quiet Priscilla the first year that Robert and I were together, and have seen her graduate high school a year early (2010), then go on to graduate with an Associate's Degree, then switch major's a few times until one finally stuck and she STILL graduated college a year early in 2013 with her Bachelor's. Now she's loud and giggly and add a Master's Degree to the mix and girl, you are way more in love with school than everyone I know put together. Now quit studying and let's have some fun!  Friday started off with me being able to sleep in until 7 am (yes I consider that sleeping in based on the fact that I was getting to work AT 7 am the previous 4 days), and working on my posture (crowded bleachers and knees in my back for 2 hours = a straight back and square shoulders!). The speeches weren't too ba...