I couldn’t ask for a more satisfying Mother’s Day gift. My daughter graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga today. For those of you that are like me and didn’t know for sure what that means… {LOL} Here’s the details:
Many institutes confer three levels of Latin honors, although some eschew the third, namely:
cum laude, meaning “with praise”
magna cum laude, meaning “with great praise”
summa cum laude, meaning “with highest praise”
As a mother, nothing can be more gratifying, more fulfilling, more joyous than seeing her children succeed. My daughter may have been the one to receive her degree today, but I’m the one who received a gift.
To my daughter: Thank you, Charity. I have always been so proud to be your mom.
To everyone else: I have the best children! Mother’s Day may be a day where the rest of the world honors mothers. That’s wonderful, and I agree that mother’s everywhere should be appreciated for everything they do, all the sacrifices they make for their children. But for me, Mother’s Day is the day I can shamelessly take pride in my children.
I thank God for them every day. And I’m proud of them every day. But on Mother’s Day… Hey. That’s the day I get to say, “My kids are the best kids in the world. I’m the luckiest mom ever.”
Nita