On Saturday, I had quite the honor bestowed upon me: a 2nd high school diploma. I already had one from Topeka High -- and now, after acting as the commencement speaker for THS, I also have one from the one and only... Google High!

The graduation ceremony was especially important for me since I'm the 4th generation in my family to have graduated from Topeka High. But! I'm the first one to get a Google High diploma! I couldn't have felt more proud to have been asked to speak. 322 graduates plus their families makes for quite a crowd. This photo shows the graduates and maybe 1/3 of the onlookers.

I talked about working at Google, trusting your intuition, creating your own opportunities, finding value in failure, appreciating the now, and my really hot fiance (that last bit was everyone's favorite part!).

I wore my most fabulous shoes in honor of the occasion :)

And the THS, er, GHS team had just the right robe with my Stanford cardinal waiting for me. What a special day.