All the family was in. Flying in from all over, fighting delays based on weather, and making it just in time the night before Emily’s graduation day.
The day was a great one, and I was so proud of my wife! Having excuses to get people together like this is always a pleasure (like weddings etc).
After the ceremonies, we got to listen to Kofi Anan, secretary general of the UN. The speach was fantastic. He discussed his thoughts on what was happening in the world now, how the UN is needed more than ever, and the direction we need to go in to aim for more peace and equality in the world.
He managed to put down Bush… but in such great subtle ways. For example:
All great US leaders know that you can’t just take your forces and take over a country just because …..
What a pleasure to listen to him. I wish his address could have been on mainstream T.V. Surely there were a few seconds where they could slip it in between the Reagan coverage?
