And the moral of the story is…

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  • June 1, 2008 at 9:56 am
    CindyS
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    Do NOT, I say do NOT! help plan a rehearsal dinner, graduation ceremony, and have a party for 150 all on one weekend. Especially if you have told everyone, “No, thanks, we’ll take care of the food,” AND have a relative staying with you that suffers insomnia!

    I am SO thanking the Lord for a sense of humor.

    Cindy

    June 1, 2008 at 10:25 pm
    csmamma
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    Thanks for the advice and for the laugh, Cindy!

    Thanking the Lord with you! :)….and rejoicing with you on your daughter graduating- Congratulations!!!

    Heather

    June 3, 2008 at 8:41 pm
    the9clarks
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    Why on earth did you ever say “No thanks” to offers to help??? You like a good beating?

    LOL!

    So glad for your sake that it’s all over. 😀

    March 31, 2010 at 12:42 pm
    Jodie Apple
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    I’m getting a good chuckle from this even a year later, Cindy.  We have one that’s about to graduate and she’s resisting the whole ceremony thing.  So I searched ‘graduation’ and this post popped up.  My question is if she doesn’t want a big deal made out of this, to what degree do we abide by her wishes?  Our umbrella school does a simple ceremony where they hand out their graduation certificates and a there’s short time of encouragement from a chosen speaker.  We’ve told her that later on she might regret it if she doesn’t participate. She’s agreed to participate because we told her we would like her to, but as far as a reception/dinner goes, I don’t feel inclined to push the issue.  Will we regret this later? 

    March 31, 2010 at 4:07 pm
    RobinP
    Participant

    Nope…celebrate with her.  But if she wants to keep it quiet, by all means do!  Our oldest graduated last year and we did the ceremony.  It’s always beautiful, God-glorifying and very personal.  But as to the other shindigs, he didn’t want them and I was all for simplicity.  Each of the graduates put together a memory table to display after the ceremony.  It was so neat to walk around and see what meant the most to them over the years.  She might want to put together some sort of scrapbook or compile family movies over the years.  Oh…and don’t neglect watching this song.  It was played while the parents processed in at our ceremony.  Have tissues handy.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4NS7gChzvk

    And for those who have young ones…don’t blink.

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