High School.

Throughout high school, I didn't ever imagine I would feel this way at its ending. I cherish all the amazing memories I made in that boring brick building filled with know-it-all teachers and over dramatic teenage girls because that is what made me who I am today. I don't really know what to do with my life at this point, I feel like everything I have grown so accustomed to is just ending, like that. 

Saying goodbye was really hard. On the last day of school for the seniors, we had a normal pep assembly planned. But, to my surprise, it was very much not normal at all. With ten minutes left, Veronica Fustos, my best junior friend, grabbed the mic. She called the rest of the juniors in Student Council down to the gym floor, stared the entire senior class in the eyes, and explained the impact we had on the school and her personal life. Then, with a tear in her eye she said, "So Class of 2012, group hug?" At that moment, the song Graduation (Friends Forever) by Vitamin C played as the class of 2012, my class, joined her on the gym floor for a final hug. As I hugged the group, I cried. Not any type of sob, but rather a slow, gentle cry that I just could not stop. The large group hug slowly turned into small groups and single hugs. At that moment, I was ambushed by hugs. From familiar faces to those who I had never met. That moment right there is the moment that changed me forever.

Thank you CRHS Class of 2012, the impact you have made on my life in inadequate to anything I will ever experience. Thank you to the teachers who not only educated me in the class, but also in the world. And most of all thank you to my friends. For without you, I would not live this happy life. I will really miss each and every one of you.

And now, I'm graduated! Here is proof... :)