Half Century.

My mother keeps to herself. She's been al over the country, but once she arrived in Oregon, and subsequently met my father back in the late 60s, there was little need to move around a lot. Because of this, she's not left Coos Bay / North Bend except for a trip or two South or North to other small, coastal towns. As a child she had lived in Portland. That was back in the 1950s. She made the five hour trek today, following my mother-in-law to arrive in modern Portland, for my graduation.

Aside from the presence of my wife, her side of the family and our mutual friends, it is the greatest graduation present I could ever have hoped to have received.