Commencement Day

Midge Frazel (5.20.07)
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Yesterday, my husband and Kathy Schrock and I traveled to Boston for the Lesley University Commencement at the Bayside Expo Center in Boston.

It was quite amazing and despite the rainy weather, the crowd was in a good mood and the ceremonies went smoothly. It was hard to get out of the parking lot back to the highway, where we traveled to Waltham to meet with my daughter and her husband and my friend Ragen Tiliakos for dinner.

It was a lovely day! Thanks to my personal commencement photographer Kathy Schrock for going above and beyond.

Hope you enjoy the photos!

Graduation Bear

Graduation Bear
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As yesterday was Mom's Day, my husband Steve gave me my combo graduation present and Mom's Day gift all at once.

May I introduce, Lesley, my new caramel Vermont Teddy Bear. She was wearing my new jewels, a cultured pearl and diamond necklace (not shown here). As Lesley is a surname and not gender specific, I thought it appropriate to name her after Lesley University.

Note her mini-computer also non-gender specific (not a PC or a Mac). It doesn't function [except maybe for bear computing] but it is the size computer I enjoy and displays a replica of the Web page for the Vermont Teddy Bear Co. where this teddy was "born".

Yesterday, my personal photographer and friend, Kathy Wasik took some posed photos of me wearing my graduation attire and I printed one and put it in the frame with the special tassel I bought bearing [yes, that's intentional] the Lesley colors. I located my high school graduation tassel [Cranston High School West, Class of 1965], and my bachelors' tassel [Rhode Island College, Class of 1969] and squashed them in the frame too. How many of you know where your tassels are? No?, well, go look for them; I'll wait here.

I will be posting some photos of the graduation after next Sunday!