1. an act or instance of commencing; beginning: the commencement of hostilities.

Today is the day that my first-born child will walk across the stage in a white cap and gown and have a diploma placed in her hand.  Am I really old enough to have a child graduating from high school?  I know I’ve done A LOT of living, but seriously….I DO NOT know how this happened.

I will try to find a moment at the end of the day to write about how amazing she is and all about the great life she has ahead of her. But for now I  had to take a moment to document a couple of items of significance…

1) On this exact date in 2009 I paced my kitchen and cleaned every speck of dust I could find while waiting for a phone call from my doctor.  The phone rang.  I answered it.  She said, “blah, blah, blah,… I can’t explain it, but YOU’RE CANCER FREE!”  God will always get all of the glory!!

2)  I like living.

3)  Even though I just celebrated 42 years of living this past Saturday, I don’t feel old enough for this graduation to actually be happening.

We have 100lbs of live crawfish waiting to be boiled, 3 gallons of sauce and meatballs in the roaster, waterproof mascara will soon be applied, and the kleenex are packed in my purse.

Let the living commence.