Stray Thoughts: Graduation Tribute

We were there when you took your first steps...

you waited so very long to walk.

It could be you just wanted to be sure

before you took those first steps,

but they were confident and assured

like you had been at it since day one.

Along the way there have been many missteps,

many a rocky trail, many a hill to climb,

setbacks and switchbacks, unsure footing,

and circuitous routes to nowhere.

But life is about…