An Exotic Occurrence

I wasn’t going to go to the graduation ceremony because I’m tired. But a student who is blind asked me to help her walk across the stage, and of course I agreed. I’m very glad that I went because something really exotic happened at this graduation. I have now been to probably over 30 of these ceremonies, and I never observed anything like this.

The valedictorian was a white male student who started his speech by saying that the most important thing in his life is his Christian faith.

Yes, really. I’m completely sober and wide awake. It really did happen.

This valedictorian was such an all-American young man. A star baseball player, from a large family, deeply religious, and graduating in mechanical engineering. He said that we should not look for the meaning of life in material possessions, worldly success, or academic achievements. It is in our faith in God and in our love for our family that meaning can be found.

No, I’m not crying. You are crying.