Graduation Memory

This year, many Canadian students will not be celebrating their high school graduation in the usual way... For them - but maybe more so for their parents and grandparents - this will be a tremendous loss.

My mother - who had to struggle so hard to graduate from high school, then teachers' college and university - valued education more than many who didn't have to struggle as hard for their education. She made a point of attending the graduation ceremonies of as many of her grandchildren as possible.

Among her photos, I found this one - taken in June 1998 - at my daughter's high school graduation...

At the time, she lived in Kelowna, BC - so it was a special effort for her to be here for "grad."