Ready to take on the world

As he proudly walked across the stage ready to receive his diploma, I couldn’t help but wonder what life has in store for him.

My youngest son John, 6, took part in his kindergarten gradation last week and I can still see the look on his face as he grabbed the microphone from his principal to declare that his most favorite thing about kindergarten was when he helped raise chicks.

He’s my youngest and although I tried to hold it together and get into what I like to call “reporter mode” and just take photos the event I was scheduled to attend, it didn’t work.

Although I had my perso...