Parent of Adults

Parent of Adults

To the parents of graduates

This moment is for you, too.

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Asha Dornfest
May 14, 2025
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Johnston Hall, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

My daughter — the youngest of my two kids — graduates from college this weekend. “Such a major milestone for you,” texted my sister in-law. I appreciated her thoughtful acknowledgement that this moment is big for my daughter and me.

Delight, pride, wonder, awe; I hold them high like a fistful of candy-co…

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