The Big Wide New

Speeches are made
Pictures are snapped
A straw bowler flies
A tear is shed
And life begins again

A new chapter
New places
New challenges
New adventures
New friends

For a woman who is
A woman
Not as tall as she'd like
Compassionate, intelligent, witty and fun
A friend

Good byes are said
Tears fall again
Old friends are left
But not really
For in this age we are all connected

But still

Virtual is not face to face
School is not camp
There is no return next season
We know this
You do too

So as you go, pack your heart
With memories of family and friends
Of the people who admire you
Who love you
Of us

Hold them close
As you walk forever forward
Down the path yet traveled
Into the big wide new
Into life