About a day

I haven't had one of these in awhile - a day to remember. Certainly not one having to do with education. Truth be told I tried to ignore my high school graduation. When my graduation from Indiana University was taking place, I was in another town. And while I wasn't too keen on doing this either, I had coaxing and more importantly I felt like I had something to stand up for, an accomplishment. So my friend Chris came and took pictures and Drew Neiporent (of Tribeca Grill and Nobu fame) supplied the champagne for the pre-party. And then we all walked from the castle across the lawn and into the big tent to the accompaniment of the graduation march and the cheers of all those family and friends and I have to admit it was heady stuff.

For this day, I would be remiss if I didn't thank Sister Ruth Dowd and Ms. Karen Sirabian
   (Heart and Soul)
for the opportunity to walk this path.

Relief

As I listen to the day of reporting about the death of Osama bin Laden, I feel relief, a release of an almost invisible layer of fear I barely knew I felt. It was good to admit it and bid it goodbye. Not that anyone should be letting their guard down in the wake of this, but it seems like a closing of an ugly book, a page turned in a bigger history, an unusual opportunity to begin again. How to fix the wounds and continue this migration from fear to hope, that is the natural state of human beings.