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What are you waiting for?
My sweetheart, in a few hours you will "officially" complete a process that has encompassed 13 years of your young life.
I want to tell you that I stand in awe of you; the remarkable young woman that you are; the really NEAT person that you've always been; the fantastic ethereal gift that life has awarded me in permitting me to be the father of such a remarkable individual. Tara, you DID IT, Angelcakes!
Later today, you will step up to the podium, and receive your diploma. That is YOUR TIME. Once given that document, you will take a step away. That is the first step into a new world.
I'd like to say that the world you will step into is a perfect World. But you, and I, know that this is not true. It is a world fraught with Promise and Peril, Opportunity and Indifference, Ambition, Laziness, Enjoyment, Honor, Happiness, Uncertainty, Love, Contentment, Adventure.
Above all, it is YOUR World. Make it so. I know that you will look at this World and say, "I Claim. Mine!" This old man will be sounding the trumpet saluting you.
I love you my Sweetness. I cannot write the words that can adequately express my pride in you, and all that you have done.
Love,
Dad
