"THE DIPLOMA"........a bit of family history....
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| THIS IS ON OF THOSE CORNY STORIES OF MINE.... YOU KNOW THE KIND WHERE I TELL YOU TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND GET YOURSELF A CUP OF COFFEE BEFORE STARTING TO READ THE FOLLOWING..... IT'S ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DIPLOMA.... AND YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAVE A SENTIMENTAL ENDING.....SO PLEASE.....READ ON... THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIPLOMAS..... LIKE THE ONES THAT HANG IN YOUR DOCTORS OFFICE YOU HAVE TO ADMIT WHEN YOUR SITTING HALF DRESSED ON THAT TABLE WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU LOOK FOR... WHERE DID THE DOCTOR GO TO SCHOOL??? WHEN IT'S NOT A GOOD MEDICAL SCHOOL IT'S USUALLY IN A CHEAP FRAME.... |
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| THE FANCIER THE RECOGNITION THE FANCIER THE FRAME... OUR DOCTOR WAS MISSING HIS GEORGIA TECH DIPLOMA THIS TIME....MAYBE IT'S HANGING IN A DIFFERENT EXAM ROOM..... HE'S A WONDERFUL DOCTOR.... NO NEED FOR HIM TO SHOW OFF... |
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| THERE'S THE DOPEY JR. HIGH DIPLOMA.... KEPT IN A BOX OF OLD PICTURES... IT PROVES I AT LEAST MADE IT THIS FAR.... I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE MY HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA ENDED UP.....BUT IT CERTAINLY WASN'T WORTHY OF A FRAME OF ANY KIND....CHEAP OR FANCY.... |
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THEN YOU GET INTO THE UPPER ECHELON OF DIPLOMAS..... NOT JUST ANY COLLEGE DIPLOMA.... BUT THE "IVY LEAGUE" DIPLOMA... FANCY FRAME....SUEDE MATTING...HANGING WITH GREAT PRIDE IN THE BOSS' OFFICE... DAUGHTER'S DIPLOMA... |
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| BENEATH IT HANGS A "SORTA" DIPLOMA.... THE CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO THE BOSS FROM THE DAUGHTER... GIVEN TO HIM THE DAY SHE GRADUATED FROM CORNELL UNIVERSITY |
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| SHE KICKED IT UP A NOTCH A FEW YEARS LATER WHEN SHE GOT A DIPLOMA FROM LAW SCHOOL.... |
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| HITTING THE ULTIMATE HIGH POINT IN THE DIPLOMA WORLD.... THE "DOCTOR OF LAW" CUM LAUDE ALSO DESERVED THE FANCY FRAME..... THE SUEDE MAT...AND A SPECIAL SPOT IN THE BOSS' OFFICE.... WHEN DAUGHTER GRADUATED YES....WE GOT TWO OF EVERYTHING.... SO THEY NOT ONLY HANG IN OUR HOME BUT ALSO IN DAUGHTER'S OFFICE... |
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| WHO'S THIS GUY????? AND WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO DO WITH A STORY ABOUT DIPLOMAS.... |
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| IT WOULD BE MY FATHER..... YOU MAY REMEMBER HIM AS "SIGGY" FROM A PREVIOUS POST ON HIM AND MY MOTHER MILLIE.... THIS IS ALL I HAVE LEFT TO REMEMBER SIGGY BY.... A PICTURE OF HIM FROM HIS DAYS AT THE ORPHANAGE WHERE HE LIVED UNTIL HE WAS 18..... A SILHOUETTE DONE ON THE BOARDWALK IN ATLANTIC CITY IN THE EARLY 30'S... AND A PENNY TIE TACK I MADE FOR HIM WHILE I WAS IN KINDERGARTEN FOR FATHER'S DAY IN 1956..... |
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| CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT I HAVE KEPT TRACK OF THIS GIFT SINCE I WAS FIVE.... .....IT MEANS THAT MUCH TO ME... AND THEN THE OTHER DAY WHILE CLEANING OUT THE OLD HOUSE I RE-FOUND THIS..... AND AMONG DIPLOMAS..... THIS FALLS INTO THE "PRICELESS" CATEGORY.... |
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| THE BIGGEST DIPLOMA YOU HAVE EVER SEEN.... I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WHO GRADUATE FROM HARVARD GET A DIPLOMA THIS LARGE..... |
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| FROM THE SACRED HEART SCHOOL IT MEASURES 20 X 18 FRAMED IT SITS 20 X28 IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAN GRADUATED FROM MEDICAL SCHOOL..... |
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| THE FIRST "LACKIE" TO RECEIVE A REAL DIPLOMA IN THIS COUNTRY.... |
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| IT WAS JUNE OF 1929..... |
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| WHEN SIGMUND ANDREW LACKIE PROUDLY GRADUATED FROM THE 8TH GRADE...... |
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| AND ALONG WITH THE PHOTO...THE SILHOUETTE AND THAT FUNNY LITTLE TIE CLIP.... THIS PRICELESS DIPLOMA NOW HANGS IN A PROMINENT PLACE IN MY HOME... WHERE I GET TO SEE IT EVERY DAY.... AND REALIZE THAT WITHIN OUR LITTLE FAMILY WE WENT FROM SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN AN ORPHANAGE AND ONLY GRADUATED FROM THE 8TH GRADE..... ALL THE WAY UP THE LADDER TO HIS GRANDDAUGHTER WHO GRADUATED WITH A DOCTOR OF LAW DEGREE FROM AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL.... NOW THAT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM..... AND IT'S BEING PASSED ON TO MISS B IN HONOR OF HER GREAT-GRANDFATHER.... |
Comments
What a loving tribute to your dad and what a sweet gift you made for him when you were little. I have tears in my eyes, and I love his diploma. So sweet.
Thank you, my friend, for this lovely post. Your dad was blessed to have YOU as his daughter.
XO,
Sheila
Congratulations to all of you!
Blessings,
J
I am so happy to see you back blogging! You've been quite busy. A feral cat has adopted us too and it's even more aggressive than just hissing. Feed her and she's still mean -- most be a democrat! (Couldn't help myself.) Jealous you got to see the witty Dennis Miller. Miss B in school! She's grown so quickly. Your last post brought tears. My father was orphaned when he was 7 and was turned over to relatives but spent more time on his own in the streets and relying on the NY neighborhood shopkeepers. He did not graduate HS but rather the school of hard knocks.
Your Friend,
Deborah
PS I think I gained 10 pounds just looking at your culinary treats.
Thank you so much for popping in to see me.
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)