Dear Lord, please help me get through this,
My emotions are running on high,
And please, always walk beside him,
As these tears of mine You dry.
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She catches sight of her youngest son,
Sitting down in the crowd with his peers,
Waiting to hear his name being called,
Her pride mingling in with her tears.
She thinks back to those bygone days,
That passed in the blink of an eye,
And she's sure that only yesterday,
He was just a little guy.
It couldn't have been that long ago,
She first saw his boyish charms,
As she took that little bundle of blue,
And first held him in her arms.
As "Pomp and Circumstance" starts to play,
She comes back to where she should be,
The tears fall freely down her face,
As she sees him get his degree.
Her heart is filled with pride and joy,
For this boy - this man - her son,
And she lets go of a little bit more,
As the next leg of his journey's begun.
And though the day is bittersweet,
It's not as bad as it seems,
He'll say his goodbyes, get on with his life,
And start realizing his dreams.


Congratulations Josh, we love you!!!!