The magnitude of Saturday’s Commencement continues to grow on Elsie Woodward 21.
After all, it is the day her granddaughter Anna graduates from the University of Virginia.
It’ll be the first of two shining moments that day for the Woodward family.
In the evening, Elsie, 75, will graduate from William & Mary with a degree in kinesiology. Anna plans to be there throughout, from the traditional walk across campus before Commencement to the moment Elsie’s name is called and she walks across the stage at Zable Stadium.
“When I realized we’d be graduating on the same day, I said, ‘Dadgumit, this is just the coolest thing,’” Elsie said.