Today was peaceful and quiet.. started out hot and humid.. then rain.. then beautiful. A good day for graduations.. We had lots of friends walk the stage today.. from MMU. L too many to name.. but folks like sumner, paulo, jacki, casey. ..graduated.. . from essex our buddy Nick..

We were invited to a couple of parties.. First we went to sumner’s .. i am so proud of him. It’s so good to see him graduate. He’s been part of our lives since he was tiny.. .. hard to believe he was ever tiny !.   When Sumner’s dad died in 2000 I remember promising his mom that we’d look out for him.. then when sam died, sumner promised to look out for us.. .. and we’ve both kept our words..   he’ll always be part of our lives..

After hanging out at sumners we headed to Nick’s .. Nick went to Essex.. he’s an awesome kid.. a great guitar player too. He played Phish’s “if I would, I could” at Sam’s memorial.. I’ll never forget that.. He’s going to do premed now..    I managed to forget to take his picture.. but I managed to get a snap of his cake complete with picture..

and that was our day…   counting milestones with others.. each a new start.. each a gentle tug on my heartstrings.. good luck all you grads… go out there and do cool stuff.. eat weird food, go uncommon places, build new things, try new thoughts.. take some risks,  make mistakes, find new loves, and don’t take life too seriously (do as I say.. not as I do 🙂 …

nite all, nite sam..

-me