also serves as the venue for other activities. We took Steve, Anthony and Jeron to
watch Pam get her Doctorate. It brought back memories of a date 50 years back when I walked the walk at Columbia to get my doctorate. When the band struck up Pomp
and Circumstance, I couldn't help reacting to the moment with a surge of excitement
with a few tears along the way. The keynote speaker was Sam Donaldson who is a native New Mexican and who broadcast news on ABC for more than 4 decades. Although
it was difficult to hear most of his talk because of the noise in this arena which was primarily used for sports activities, I did catch one thing that seemed to
encompass the theme of his presentation, " Don't seek a career that you love, but
seek a career that you are good at. The field that you are good at will lead to a
career you will certainly love. I thought that advice was appropriate for the
individual at commencement. Later in the day, we joined a celebration at Pam and Rob's place. Casey was back from Kuwait, big Amy, little Amy. Steve, Anthony, Jeron were all there to celebrate the big event, including my 87th birthday. After a long and sometimes painful journey, Pam made it in style and now she can
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