Congratulations, Dr. Judith

Last Friday, 20 June, Ingrid and I were thrilled and proud to be present at Judith's graduation from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. Proud and happy siblings, Miriam and Sean, were also there as well as the ever supportive Mark, her boyfriend of nine years (plus) going back to high school days.

The ceremony was not at the College but at The Carlu, a venue very well suited for the occasion.

After the hooding ceremony (I'm waiting for pictures of that from Mark) we joined the throngs fighting for savouries and sweets in the reception foyer; approx. 165 candidates, each candidate averaging 5 guests. When the queue I was following down one side of one of the tables flowed into a queue coming in the opposite direction, the effect was much like the currents off Cape Point. I'm surprised that there weren't disasters to match; most people bravely tried to be patient though one gentleman shortly informed me that I was "going the wrong way."

Ingrid and I were fortunate to have Miriam as our navigator through the Toronto down-town core and its traffic while I drove. Since she works close by she is quite familiar with the area while Ingrid and I feel very much like plattelanders (country bumpkins) from Holland Landing in the Far North.

Walking from the parking garage to The Carlu I saw this dog in the window and stopped to take a picture. When I was done, Ingrid and Miriam had disappeared. I relived the moments of panic that I had as a young boy in Durban when my mother took me to "town" and would disappear when I stopped to look at something. I hastened to the corner in the direction they were walking and looked up the street; no Ingrid and Miriam. I looked down the street; there they were about 40 metres on. When I caught up with them it was obvious that they had not realized my absence, so deep were they in mother-daughter stuff or, worse, they didn't care.

When we arrived back at Miriam's we cracked open a bottle of 2006 Chilean Carménère that Judith had kept for three years for just this occasion.

Here's to you, Judith, Doctor of Chiropractic. We wish you every success and happiness in your future career.