Wow

Hey everyone, Shaun here. I’m trying to get in before the SPF participants hog the entire site! Tomorrow night Tyler graduates from high school, with honors. College-prep classes, student teaching, and a 4.0 GPA. How in THE hell did this kid get any of my genes and pull this off? Honestly, I give him a daily dose of crap about being lazy, but the kid worked his ass off for four years. The energy saved from not putting away laundry and lazily walking dogs surely helped, but I am SO incredibly glad he is a stronger, more disciplined student than I ever was. I know he’ll excel in colledge (yeah, its funnier misspelled) and with anything he chooses to do. Dang, they tell you your kids grow up fast, but by the time you believe it they’re already there.

(Insert sappy chick flick music in 3…2…1) Tyler, you absolutely blow me away. I’m prouder of you than you’ll ever know, and I know you’re destined to do great things. As a young man, you already have the greatest combination of intelligence, heart, and humility, and now the world gets to find out what I already know. Thank you for being a son who makes me laugh, can take over tutoring the other kids when the math turns from numbers to letters, and who isn’t afraid to be himself no matter how goofy that kid is. Congratulations on your graduation. In that crowd of blue caps and gowns tomorrow night, no one will have worked harder. Unless there’s a foreign exchange student from a war-ravaged village who lost his entire family and came to America with nothing and got a higher GPA than you. He’d deserve it more, but you’d be a solid second place after him. I love you more than anything, and will LOVE watching you take that diploma.