I didn’t really think I was going to write about my daughter’s high school graduation.

But we spent the afternoon there on Sunday and it was really a proud parent moment and I would be remiss to celebrate the events of 2025 here without addressing it.

So here are some thoughts.

First of all, it was supposed to happen on Friday evening - but the threat of thunderstorms and the fact that the high school was going to make their decision by noon on Friday, paired with the fact that Sunday’s forecast was pretty ideal, pushed graduation to the rain date of Sunday, 1pm.

So we had our party out of order from the graduation ceremony. (And it rained on the party on Saturday, but even though we couldn’t be outside it turned out to be a very nice party.)

All told, though, Sunday might have been better for the graduation. Instead of rushing from work to the ceremony on Friday we had plenty of notice on Friday so that day turned into a nice, relaxing Friday - albeit one with party setup.

And then it was much more relaxing on Sunday morning getting ready for 1pm.

The graduation was held at Bowditch Field, which is where I did my track workout last week. It’s also where the high school plays its home football games - the graduates and the stage were on the middle of the football field, and the families sat in the bleachers - divided by alphabet. The first half of the alphabet on the home side of the field, and the second half of the alphabet (us) on the visitors side.

On Friday, if it had been sunny, we would have been stuck on the sunny side while the other side would have been in shade. (But Friday was overcast so we both would have been fine.) At 1pm on Sunday, we were both sitting in sun when the sun was out, but there was enough occasional cloud cover that it was fairly comfortable.

We were warned about the sun. We were warned about the length of the ceremony. Neither one was terrible.

It was kind of lovely - the graduates walk into the field via the track, so we get a good look at them from the bleachers as they walk half the track to where they get over to their seats.

There were a few speeches - none of them droned on too long, everyone did a nice job.

And then there were 537 or so names read out and they all came up for their diplomas and it was all very nice.

Crazily enough, Sucich - which is always towards the end of the alphabet but not the absolute end - was in the last 20 or 30 names. Really late in the game.

We took a lot of pictures. Very proud day.

And what’s cool is we get to do it again in just a couple of years, and then again a couple of years after that.