“My first thought was, ‘Does your ATTITUDE, Janet?’ This was all because my 16-year-old daughter had to leave her boyfriend behind to see her sister graduate from COLLEGE. I thought she would ballet leap onto the plane. I was wrong, friends. I was so wrong.”
‘Do I need to separate you two?,’ the flight attendant asked. Wait. WHAT? I looked up from my magazine, confused. My kid sniffled. ‘Nothing gets better at 30,000 feet,’ she continued.’
‘My mother gave birth to me while escaping a civil war. I spent the first 7 years of my life in a refugee camp. Today, I became the FIRST person to graduate college in my family.’
“My parents sacrificed so much for their kids. They moved to the USA with $0. Even if I gave them the whole world, it would never be enough to repay them. I hope to continue making them proud.”
‘He died for 3-5 minutes on the surgery table’: School throws private graduation ceremony for sick boy in less than 24 hours
“It was so emotional watching him get to accept his diploma on a stage, in front of a crowd like a senior should be able to do. He has been through so much throughout his short lifetime.”
