Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Those who give us hope: Graduates
My school will have our graduation this Saturday, an event that always makes me emotional. For three years, these student devoted their lives to studying, and we devoted ours to teaching them. Then, one day, they just up and leave, off to all corners to do things expected and unexpected, great and modest, remarkable and unnoticed. I am not good at good-byes.
They do give me such hope, though. In each one there is this remarkable potential, an ability to change some space for the better. I watch them go across the stage, and for many I have a specific memory, a moment in class or the hallway.
I was there once, full of excitement, fear and hope, having climbed to the top of a precipice only to jump off. And as I watch them, there I am again.
