Carmen's grade 6 closing ceremony//Graduación de primaria
Today was Carmen's grade 6 closing ceremony, but she couldn't be there. She left this morning to spend the summer in Mexico. This was really hard for her. She had many plans and wanted to be with her friends this day.
For me, it was weird being at the school and having teary eyes listening to other kids' speeches when my daughter was not there. I was not planning to go, but Carmen had asked me to go to ask her friends to sign her yearbook, so I went. And I'm glad I did. It was a nice ceremony. The speeches were great, some were funny and others were moving. It was nice to feel that Carmen was there even though she wasn't. Her friends mentioned her in their speeches, she was called to receive her certificate and to read her speech (a friend of hers read it on her behalf) and I saw her happy and all smiles in the pictures of their end-of-the-year trip that were shown.
Congratulations, Carmen! And mission accomplished, got all your friends to sign your yearbook.
Para mi fue algo raro estar en la escuela con lagrimas en los ojos al escuchar a los niños leer sus discursos y que Carmen no estuviera ahí. Yo no tenía pensado ir, pero Carmen me pidió que fuera para recoger su anuario y pedirle a sus amigos que se lo firmaran, así que fui. Y que bueno que lo hice. Fue una ceremonia muy linda. Los discursos fueron buenos, unos eran divertidos y otros, conmovedores. Fue lindo sentir que Carmen estaba presente aunque no lo estuviera al escuchar a sus amigos mencionarla en sus discursos, escuchar su nombre cuando la llamaron para recibir su certificado y dar su discurso (una amiga de ella de 5to de primaria lo leyó en su representación) y verla feliz y contenta en las fotos del viaje de fin de año que proyectaron antes de clausurar la ceremonia.
Felicidades, Carmen! Y misión cumplida, todos tus amigos firmaron tu anuario.
posted by Erica @ 7:05 p.m.
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