A Love Letter to My Daughter

Ode to the Graduate

Dear Boo,

As you will one day learn, your child’s graduation from high school signifies the end of an era. As such, it forces the parent into a rosy, nostalgic state of reflection: surely, it was only last week that you were wobbling around at my ankles, issuing demands like ‘Mo muffin!’ and ‘Dat!’ Surely it was yesterday when you took a fifth grade soci…