Bittersweet Day

[jaye]

Today is a day of excitement, pride and sadness.

My son's great uncle (his dad's uncle) passed away Tuesday. He was one of my favourites, a big man with a smile to match and first to welcome me into the family. When my former mother in law passed away, he saw me looking a little lost as my son was with his dad and the girlfriend so he had me ride with him and another relative making a comment about being the 'outlaws' with that big smile. Today I go to say goodbye.

It is also graduation night at the high school I work in. Watching some of 'my boys' cross that stage is going to make me tear up. For some we have pushed, pulled, and dragged to make it but here we are. I am so proud of them, I will flash back to the little grade nines they were as I now look upon young men with the world at their feet.

An emotional day for sure