It's about that time...
May 19, 2005 8:01pm
Well, it's now less than 24 hours away. I think I've made peace with the fact that he's grown up and it's time to let trust him to go out into the world and lead a fulfilling life and to find himself. Yes, I'm sure I'll cry tomorrow... as surely as the sun rises in the East, you can bet on that. My mom will, too. My Dad and Craig will be left to console my mother and I... they have no choice, unless they want to be miserable all night! HA!
I'm starting to worry about the watch thing. I mean, he's never been very materialistic, and he won't be suspecting anything since we bought him the car and he knows he's getting a new computer to take to college (his old one is too slow, I suppose) but I just wanted him to have something from us on graduation day. But we just got him a watch last Christmas. I very nice Seiko gold watch. All of his jewelry is gold. The ring from his girlfriend, as well as his Senior ring (that damn thing cost us a small fortune!). So I wonder if the white gold tone to this watch will bother him. Plus, it's VERY heavy and I wonder if it will bother him. Ah well, I guess I need to keep reminding myself that he CAN exchange it. I've got my grandfather's Rolex here and he'll be getting that some day. Here's a pic of the watch, though you probably can't tell from the picture how heavy it really is.
I found this article on the MTV website and it really just pisses me off to no end.
05.19.2005
All Alysha Cosby wanted to do was receive her diploma along with her peers. But the pregnant senior at the St. Jude Educational Institute, a Roman Catholic high school in Montgomery, Alabama, was banned from the service.
So, she took matters into her own hands. On Tuesday, Cosby walked across the stage at the end of the program and announced her own name, according to a report by The Associated Press. Her march brought cheers and applause from many of her fellow seniors, but her mom and aunt were walked out of the church by police as Cosby marched back to her seat.
"I can't believe something like this is happening in 2005," her mother, Sheila Cosby, told the AP. "My daughter has been through a lot and I am proud of her. She deserved to walk, and she did."
Cosby's degree had been delivered to her home earlier on Tuesday by a school guidance counselor, but the teen said she was determined to take the stage with her friends. "I worked hard throughout high school and I wanted to walk with my class," said Cosby, whose name was not listed in the graduation program. The father of the baby, a fellow senior at the school, was allowed to participate in the ceremony.
In March, school administrators had informed Cosby that she was not allowed to attend school for the remainder of the year because of safety concerns.
— Gil Kaufman
Ironically enough, I just had an internet discussion with someone tonight about discrimination. I stated that it bothered me that some people choose to put their "issue" up as an in your face thing. You can find that article here
It really pisses me off that the girl was kept from walking the ceremony because she was pregnant but the boy who GOT her pregnant was allowed to. Totally hypocritical and is a page right out of the damn stone age. Boy has sex with girl. Girl gets pregnant. Boy get's an "atta boy." Girl gets a life sentence. Assholes!
Alright... I can't hold my eyes open another second. I'm outta here! kdgr