I was thinking today about graduation parties on the farm and what all it involves, and then I thought about having babies. OK, we’re NOT having a baby, but how they are kind of a like. Before you think I’m crazy, this is why I think they are very similar.
First of all, in both situations you make the decision that the idea sounds good, and you agree that it’s something that you’d like to do. You are really excited and think that it’s just the right timing and it’ll be fun. Then the next morning when you wake up, you wonder what you were thinking! You know how much work it’ll be, and you also know that you’ll never get all those extra jobs done before the time comes. Then all the weeks go on, you think.. OK, should we really be doing this? … but by now everyone knows about it, so you smile and think to yourself that it’ll be OK and everything will work out. Now as it’s getting closer to the day and you can hardly wait. Everyone is getting anxious, including you. You don’t have everything done, but it’s OK. You figure out that you will never have everything done and you just enjoy getting all the preparations ready. On the big day everything is happening so fast. You hardly know what time it is, and before you know it the day is over. You realize at that point that it will never be the same as it was before. When you look at your child, you see them differently. You get a little sad because they seem so grown up, and you know that in your heart you would just love to keep them just how they are right now. But they will continue to grow and it’s fun to see how their lives change. In both situations, they seem to have their whole life ahead of them, and are not afraid of anything. So as the graduation party is in just a couple of days, I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. Hopefully we’ll have good weather and a good crowd. And I know that this is just the beginning of William’s new adventure in life, but I can’t help feeling like I did when he was just born – both happy and even just a little sad.
So see, I told you that having a graduation party is just like having a baby, didn’t I.