{"id":94455,"date":"2016-05-17T15:21:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T19:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=94455"},"modified":"2016-05-17T15:26:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T19:26:40","slug":"mothers-letter-to-son-her-college-graduation-day-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mothers-letter-to-son-her-college-graduation-day-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother’s post to son on her college graduation day goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jelina Latrice is a\u00a0recent college graduate of\u00a0North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University\u00a0and the mother of a four-year-old boy named Karter. Like many joyful graduates celebrating their accomplishments, Jelina posted a photo of herself wearing a cap and gown on social media. In the photo, Jelina is holding Karter and the post is captioned with a moving letter to her son.<\/p>\n

To Jelina’s surprise, her photo quickly captured the hearts of tens of thousands of people. It\u00a0went viral and has now been shared more than\u00a069,000 times. Jelina wrote…<\/p>\n

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Dear Karter,<\/p>\n

For all those nights you had to fall asleep in the library, for all those times you had to watch cartoons alone because I needed to do homework, for the early mornings in daycare because I needed to be in class to being the last one there because I had to work, most importantly for the moments of separation because I needed to get this done, Thank you. You are the motivation for my heart to keep beating. I love you more than words can say. I finished because you needed to see me do it. I’m not strong because I want to be, I’m strong because I’m your first example. We’ve seen a lot and overcame a lot more.<\/p>\n

To infinity and beyond, a mothers greatest love #iGraduated<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n