Jennifer Garner was in high spirits after attending her son Samuel’s graduation.
The actress, 52, was spotted enjoying a stroll in Los Angeles on Thursday with a pal.
She wore a midnight blue crewneck, navy leggings and a sensible cap for the laid-back neighborhood stroll.
The Alias alum beamed with happiness as she crossed a street, a small beverage in hand.
It comes as Jennifer thanked the teachers at her child’s school for providing a ‘safe haven’ for children in a heartfelt post.
Jennifer Garner was in high spirits after celebrating her son Samuel’s graduation as she enjoyed a stroll on Thursday
In a message that was also intended for all teachers, Garner wrote: ‘Thank you for caring about my children with me, for tying their shoes and holding their hands.
‘Thank you for disciplining my kids when they’ve needed it and for offering more hugs than some children receive in a lifetime. Thank you for all of the hard work that goes into having high expectations, for buckling down and teaching them the discomfort and joy of tolerating frustration toward a greater good.
‘Thank you for choosing to study and become educators and for doing your jobs with your whole heart. I’m sure that the demands and frustrations of the classroom can obfuscate the mission behind your place in it, but what’s more noble than teaching children – not a whole lot, as far as I can tell.
‘Thank you for being a safe haven for my family; the world is a lot for anyone and so many children struggle with real loss and hardship that it feels selfish to want more for kids who have so much.
‘But I wanted my three to have a safe space where they could focus on the business of being little, and where education and character were prioritized. What I didn’t know to want: teachers who were willing to dress up on theme for Halloween, to wait with baited breath for Zero the Hero, to choose the perfect book/science project/Spanish song, to travel with forty kids, to play hockey at lunch, to spend months working toward an art fair or performance or the incredible feat of filling in a globe with its countries and capitols.
‘Thank you for a beautiful thirteen years. I cannot imagine our family landing anywhere better.
She signed it off ‘with deep respect and endless gratitude.’
Garner posted the message to Instagram and captioned it: ‘A little gratitude for our wonderful family elementary school at the end of 13 years together applies to all educators: thank you for doing what you do. ♥️ And congratulations to all the mamas out there with kids moving from one phase to the next.’
She wore a midnight blue crewneck, navy leggings and a sensible cap for the laid-back neighborhood stroll
It comes as Jennifer thanked the teachers at her child’s school for providing a ‘safe haven’ for children in a heartfelt post
Affleck was spotted attending Violet and Samuel’s graduation with his wife Jennifer Lopez amid speculation he and JLo are on the rocks; pictured January
Garner and her ex-husband Ben Affleck have been in the midst of commencement season, with two of their children graduating from their respective schools this year.
Their daughter Violet, 18, graduated from high school last month followed by son Samuel, 12, who graduated from his own school on Wednesday.
Garner and Affleck were married from 2005 to 2018 and share a total of three children: Violet, Fin, 15, and Samuel.
Affleck was spotted attending Violet and Samuel’s graduation with his wife Jennifer Lopez amid speculation he and JLo are on the rocks.
Garner was also seen attending Samuel’s commencement ceremony yesterday, and last month she celebrated Violet’s big accomplishment with a photo which appeared to be taken at her daughter’s ceremony.
‘Tell me you have a graduate without telling me you have a graduate,’ she captioned the post.
In the carousel, Garner could be seen crying in a multitude of different locations, including at what appeared to be her daughter’s commencement. She was teary-eyed as she clapped in an auditorium.
