On Sunday, like some 3 million other American high school seniors this spring, Betsy will walk across a stage to collect a diploma. Like most of those graduates, she faces an uncertain future, defined only by the name of a college where she'll soon take on the task of growing into adulthood. Like all the rest, she'll face a host of choices - good and easy ones, and others that are hard and unpleasant - all of which she'll weave together to form the fabric of a life she alone can design.
She has a lot in common with those 3 million fellow graduates, but in my heart I pray that this lovely, uncommon girl will remain true to her independent spirit. I hope she's always different.
For truly the world needs the woman she is certain to become - a woman who stands out because she stands up for what she believes, especially when simply believing makes her very, very different from the rest.