On Graduation
Very well done, dear (daughter/ son)
You're special through & through.
You've had sucess with flying colours
I'm so very proud of you.
You were once a helpless baby,
But, even then I knew,
You had strength and determination,
To always see you through.
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Congratulations on your first abode!
Our love and hope and joy go out to you!
No home is home without a fitting ode,
Giving old-time grace to nestings new.
Regarding happiness: the choice is yours,
As life is neither time nor place, but soul.
There is no simple recipe for cause;
Ultimately, all is rendered whole.
Live, then, in love, and prosper as you will,
And make this first abode a proper home,
The calling that will call for all your skill
In being more than two free souls alone.
Out of what you will comes what you are,
Not momently, but out beyond the bar,
Singing like the wind that carves the stone.
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Seems like we always run a race
trying to accomplish success
You've accomplished a major milestone
to a bright future of happiness
As you proudly walk down the aisle
with your diploma in hand
There's many roads you can take
as you journey through this land
Take the one that suits you
to success along the way
Here's wishing lots of happiness
on this your graduation day
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Congratulations
To the one that in my life came
And in my heart so special she became.
Tomorrow things will not be the same
And life will stop being a game
For there is a future you have to aim,
A shining star you have to claim,
And a destiny to make with no one to blame,
With head always up and never feel any shame...
I'm so proud of you, much more then I can acclaim
~Joseph K Apanian
