Today was Savannah's graduation ceremony. There are parts of those ceremonies that I really love... the inspiring speeches. Today's was no exception. You know, just the piece of acknowledging the courage, wisdom, hope, and promise of what these kids will both bring to and take from the next phase of their journeys.

After the ceremony we went to a dinner with a bunch of Savannah's friends and their families at the Sheraton. (Pix to follow, hopefully in the next few days.)
On the way to the dinner, we called Ambrose, who is on campus in New Jersey, grinding away in the lab for the summer. It's his birthday today: so here we are, whipping through the streets of Singapore in a taxi, calling Ambrose to his cell from Savannah's cell, and the 4 of us are singing Happy Birthday to him. It was surreal, yet also completely ordinary. Somehow it had me remembering when Savannah's radius was just 2 or 3 kilometers: Howe St. to South Park to Barbara's art studio, maybe Moka House, and once a week venturing to Victoria Gymnastics.
Now, her radius is the globe.
Wow...

Tomorrow morning we will pack up and check out; then we will go to the school and help Savannah pack the rest of her stuff, box it, mail it, then tomorrow night we fly to Bali. I'm quite looking forward to (what I imagine) will be a slower pace. It's been a hectic week!
until,
Hersh