05/01/2026
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” Henry David Thoreau
This is Julia. (My youngest!)
And today, she graduates from FSU’s School of Engineering. I could not be prouder.
Over the past five years, I’ve watched her build something deeper than a degree. Stamina. Focus. Grit. The quiet kind of confidence that doesn’t need to announce itself. She didn’t just get through it… she grew into herself along the way.
And while I know she’s not done learning, today feels like that beautiful in-between moment -the end of the beginning, and the wide-open start of whatever comes next.
Also… her ceremony falls on a full moon, which feels exactly right 🌕 (hippie chick much!?!). A full moon is about release and stepping forward & if there was ever a moment for both, it’s this one.
Last week, I had her all to myself for the Order of the Engineer ceremony, a tradition rooted in ethics, responsibility, and pride in the profession. Watching her take that pledge, surrounded by the people she’s learned and grown with, was pretty sweet.
Julia… YOU did this & I am filled with so much happiness, pride and love for you and all you've accomplished!!