{"id":2823,"date":"2013-05-13T10:02:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T14:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.old.caraghobrien.com\/book\/?p=2823"},"modified":"2013-05-13T10:02:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T14:02:56","slug":"the-rejoicing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/miscellaneous\/the-rejoicing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rejoicing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2824\" alt=\"SillyHatMan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SillyHatMan.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SillyHatMan.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SillyHatMan-163x300.jpg 163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>I attended a unique earthling ceremony this weekend.\u00a0 The main participants dressed up in extraordinary hats and flowing black gowns, men and women alike.\u00a0 Restless spectators filled the pavilion to listen to a series of speeches, impatient for their chance to make noise.\u00a0 At last, while each individual participant was called for a victory lap (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Gampel5.11.3.mov\">Gampel5.11.3<\/a>)\u00a0around the arena floor, their family groups howled from the stadium.\u00a0 Howl after howl went up in a stream for an hour, no family quite able to one-up the preceding howl, until the paraders returned to their seats, and then the families rose and howled once more, together, in pride and celebration and tribal love.<\/p>\n<p>We long to prove how much we love our kids, to voice how proud we are of their work and studies over the last four years.\u00a0 We need to stand together among strangers with equal love and pride, for this common moment, this intersection where a ceremony can mark a completion, a transition.\u00a0 We want to witness the step through the portal, and feel the proof.\u00a0 We can never go back in time, not any of us.\u00a0 We only go forward.<\/p>\n<p>To all of you graduates unpacking the boxes and laundry baskets you hauled home from your dorms yesterday, I wish you well.\u00a0 Congratulations.\u00a0 Remember, as you sort your laundry alone, far from your former suitemates and confidantes, your families love you.\u00a0 We believe in you.\u00a0 We will be there for you always, even when you no longer need us.\u00a0 Especially then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I attended a unique earthling ceremony this weekend.\u00a0 The main participants dressed up in extraordinary hats and flowing black gowns, men and women alike.\u00a0 Restless spectators filled the pavilion to listen to a series of speeches, impatient for their chance to make noise.\u00a0 At last, while each individual participant was called for a victory lap [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2823"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2839,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823\/revisions\/2839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}