05/29/2026
Tonight my boy's graduate. 🎓
Sebastian and Gavino, I have been thinking about what to say all day and I keep coming back to the same thing.
I am so proud of the young men you have become. Not just tonight. Every single day.
Being your dad has taught me more than I ever expected. You taught me patience. You taught me to slow down. You reminded me what actually matters at the end of a long day.
There were moments I was hard on you. Moments, I pushed you when you were already tired. Moments I expected more than I should have. I hope you know that every single one of those moments came from the same place — because I believed in you even when you didn't believe in yourselves.
That never changed. Not once.
Tonight you walk across that stage and close one chapter and open another. A bigger one. A better one. One that is entirely yours to write.
Here is my advice for what comes next, work hard, be honest, treat people well, and never forget where you came from and who loves you.
Everything else will fall into place.
Sebastian. Gavino. You are my greatest accomplishment. Nothing I have ever built or achieved comes close to the pride I feel when I call you my sons.
