Long Overdue..

You graduated today. You made it. I loved being there, so proud. You are everything I could have hope for, the best role model. You are perfect and you are mine, sister. Seeing how far you came, the leaps and bounds, the purity of your success, genuine. Breaking free from this monotonous society, a breath of fresh air. Baptized in your own aspirations...look at you now.

Drenched in black gown, you small skeleton holds up your enormous heart and the large smile draped across your face. You are big. So big. Look what you have done, where you are going, limitless.

So don't cry tonight. Don't waste another moment wiping salty tears from your crestfallen lashes. I know it hurts right now. I understand that letting go is hard. But this is a beautiful beginning for you, Kate. This si the next chapter. Step into liquid and swim. You are more ready than you know. Now, everything is for you, about you. Everything you do is for yourself- not to get into college or impress anyone, no this is your life now, your time.

I love you more than anything, sis, more than anything. Go capture the world, go...