pomp and circumstance

My friend and former housemate Shannon graduated tonight from her aviation mechanics program. She was valedictorian! Her speech was really thoughtful, well paced, and inspiring. The program is not huge; eleven people graduated this year from the thirty or so who originally started two years ago. But it was a touching get together for the students who have had a challenging program.

I like to brag about Shannon. She had a dream to be a pilot yet couldn’t take the typical routes of military or aviation college to achieve that. So she worked odd jobs and saved money to take lessons, build hours, and managed by her mid-20’s to have a multi-engine commercial aviation license and her first job flying traffic watch. She’s inspiring with her perseverance and drive, and she’s incredibly creative and generous and rambunctious to boot.

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