Liz Graduated!!!!!!!

Well it has been a long road. Six years ago from tomorrow, Liz and I started dating with the expectation that she would be attending pharmacy school. And for those six years I have been looking forward to the day where she would walk across the stage and receive her degree. It happened last week on Wednesday when she was hooded as a Doctor of Pharmacy, and climaxed Friday when she walked across the stage at the Colonial Center along with 1100 other graduates. I was blown away! I was emotional! Feelings of happiness and joy… feelings of unbelief and amazement… and feelings of sadness all going through my head simultaneously.

I was happy because she had completed what she had set out to do, and there was a deep satisfaction knowing that I have been privileged to walk along with her on this journey. I was incredibly proud of my wife, who was awarded with an academic achievement award from the drug company, Merck and graduated Suma Cum Laude. I could not believe that six long years had passed so quickly. I look back and remember the day we first kissed and the day she said “I do.” I remember the countless nights of watching her study and I can’t believe that her college career has come to a conclusion. And then I was sad for some reason that I still do not understand. Maybe because I am going to miss what we have done or the life that we have lived over the past six years. Or maybe because I now realize that our lives will be taking a radical change over the next few months. Or maybe because I am going to miss Columbia in some weird way. I am not sure, but there was a sense of heartache as I watched her shake the hands of the deans on the jumbo-tron.

But the overwhelming feelings are of contentment; with Liz, with the past six years, and with how our time has been spent. And then of anticipation with the great unknown that lies ahead of us. I can’t wait for the next few chapters of our life to be written by the Hand of my God. I hope the next six are as exciting and full as these. We look forward to letting you know.