Regret

I am finding, as I get older, that some of the things that I have done that I swore I would never regret, I am regretting. One of those regrets that has really been on my mind lately is not going to my graduation. At the time, I was big and pregnant and I didn't think that it would be worth the money to make a trip all the way back to Idaho. I didn't think that walking across a stage was that big of a deal, but I am now finding myself filled with regret. It's not that I needed the recognition of an entire stadium filled with people, it is the fact that I don't have that final culminating event to celebrate such an accomplishment as one of my memories. I don't have pictures of me in my cap and gown to show my children and grandchildren one day as I encourage them to continue their own education. I know that it is really not that big of a deal, but for whatever reason, I am just wishing I would have made the sacrifice. I guess that I will just have to get another degree. :)