When Elephants Fight, The Grass Suffers

It's high school graduation season again, and this year, two girls from Albuquerque are graduating. The girls are cousins. One is the daughter of a dorm mate, and the other is the daughter of his sister.

I was surprised, first, that either was old enough to graduate, and second, that I was invited, since I've met one girl maybe four or five times over the years, and the other just once. But hey, it's the season, and and they are to be congratulated!

The girls live on opposite sides of town, and go to cross-town rival high schools. The west side (Cibola) Class of 2006 class motto is:

Life is not measured
by the number of breaths we take
but by the moments
that take our breath away.

The east side (Manzano) Class of 2006 class motto is:

Life doesn't consist of
how many breaths you take
but by how many moments
take your breath away.

I sense trouble.