I’m getting entirely too emotional over graduation. I went to the school and picked up my tickets and had to go in and say bye to some teachers and I walked in the TYJ room and just got emotional. It’s just weird to think that the school that’s been apart of my life for as long as I can remember isn’t mine anymore. I don’t belong there and I’m moving on. It’s weird that this time tomorrow I’ll be a high school graduate and in two and a half months I’ll be living in Clemson. It’s just weird.
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
“I’ll be your rainy day lover, if ever the sunny days end.
And whatever the weather we have each other,
And that’s how the story will end.
I’ll be your shade tree in summer, if you’ll be my fire when it’s cold.
And whatever the season we’ll keep on breathing because we’ll have each other to hold.
I’ll be your words on the pages, if you’ll be my sweet melody.
And the tune can keep changing but I’ll keep arranging.
This is the song that we’ll sing.I wanna love you forever, I do.
I wanna spend all of my days with you
carry your burden, be the wind at your back.
I wanna spend my forever like that.”—Ben Rector, Forever Like That
So this weekend has officially been devoted to the avengers. I’m glad I finally sat down and watched all of the back stories (I saw hulk, ironman and ironman 2 a while ago, but I watched Thor last night and captain America and iron man 2 today!) because my little brother told me it’s better because so many little things are pulled from the movies. We’re going to see the movie tomorrow and I’m freaking amped! (captain America is my favorite)
reflections.
This morning, I woke up to text messages from my best friends, went to my a breakfast with my AP Statistics teacher and classmates, and watched one of my best friends graduate from her school. With that on top of graduation practices, AP exams, Honors Night, graduation parties, Baccalaureate, finishing graduation gifts, being done with school, graduate Sunday at my church tomorrow, and graduation in two weeks it’s enough to make me start to get pretty nostalgic. I’ve been fortunate enough to spend the past 12 years in the same school district, going to the same schools as a lot of my friends for as long as I can remember, and now the fact that we’re forced to part ways is making me sad. Sure, I know college will be great, but that doesn’t mean that I won’t miss the consistency of high school and everything that came with that. I’m going to miss North Augusta and my parents and waking up every morning in my bed and constantly hearing my brothers bicker and being able to walk 10 feet out of my house to my car and sitting with my friends every Sunday in church and the Greeneway. There are certainly things I’m not going to miss, but those are beside the point. I’m just incredibly blessed to have grown up in this town and to be able to walk at graduation among some of my best friends. I’m thankful that four of my best friends will be at Clemson this fall. I’m thankful that my parents have the opportunity to drive up and see me whenever they want to (although I’m sure I won’t be thankful for that before long). I’m thankful that my sister is finally moving back to South Carolina and that she’ll only be four hours from me next year instead of the usual 14. I’m thankful that in this season of inconsistency, God is faithful. I know that my sanity and peace comes from Him and I’m so blessed. I got to stream my sister’s graduation from Wheaton over the internet two weeks ago and the speaker urged the class of 2012 to take risks, not to take care. And while I know that I’m not exactly in the same position of them, it’s still a relevant mantra. So yes, I’m going to be nostalgic as my last days of being a high school student wind down, and yes I’ll probably cry at graduation and when I have to say goodbye to my dearest friends. But growing up is a blessing, whether I’d like to acknowledge that or not right now, that I am certainly thankful to have. This summer and this fall as I begin my endeavors at Clemson University, I’ll know that the me who is up there taking risks was raised in the best way possible. I know that my family and North Augusta and North Augusta High School molded me into a successful young lady and I’m excited for that.
