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My Commencement Address at My Son's Graduation

We reflect on graduation rituals, and imagine giving words of wisdom to the guests of honor.

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JD Breen
May 25, 2023
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Atlanta, GA

May 25, 2023

At the risk of revealing my teenage popularity, we begin with a confession.

When I finished high school, I don’t remember slews of “graduation parties” being laid out like carved ham at Easter dinner. Or maybe I wasn’t meant to know. Perhaps they were served under the table, reserved for opportunistic poodles who were always aware …

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