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(1)Congratulations everyone, you made itAnd I dont mean to the end of college, I mean to class daybecause if memory serves some of your classmates had too many scorpion bowls at the Kong last nightand are with us todayGiven the weatherthe one thing Harvard hasnt figured out how to controlsome of your other classmates are at someplace warm with a hot cocoaso you have many reasons to feel proud of yourself as you sit here todayCongratulations to your parentsYou have spent a lot of moneyso your child can say she went to a small school near BostonAnd thank you to the class of 2014 for inviting me to be part of your celebrationIt means a great deal to meand looking at the list of past speakers was a little dauntingI cant be as funny as Amy Poehlerbut Im gonna be funnier than Mother Teresa25 years ago a man named Dave I did not know at the time but who would one day become my husbandwas sitting where you are sitting today23 years agoI was sitting where you are sitting todayDave and I are back this weekendwith our amazing son and daughter to celebrate his reunionand we both share the same sentimentHarvard has a good basketball teamStanding here in the yard brings memories flooding back for meI arrived here from Miami in the fall of 1987with big hopes and even bigger hairI was assigned to live in one of Harvards historic monuments to great architectureCanadayMy go-to outfit, and Im not making this up, was a jean skirtwhite leg warmers and sneakers and a Florida sweaterbecause my parents who were here with me then as theyre here with me nowtold me everyone would think it was awesome that I was from FloridaAt least we didnt have InstagramFor me, Harvard was a series of firstsMy first winter coat, we neednt need those in MiamiMy first 10 page paper, they didnt assign those in my high schoolMy first Cafter which my proctor told me that she was on the Admissions Committeeand I got admitted to Harvard for my personalitynot my academic potentialThe first person I ever met from boa