I'm laying in bed as I reflect back to my last year in high school. Then I think to myself, "DAMN GIRL, IT HAS BEEN A YEAR!" only making me feel so much older than I really am. As I got older and realized school wasn't the place for me, I enjoyed senior year so much more because of the memories I shared and the people I had met along the way. I'm even talking about folks I didn't met until the day before we graduated. One's I never knew existed until seated next to me ready to recieve that good ol' diploma.
I remember like it was yesterday, sitting in the Ted Constance Center soaking in my surroundings. Everything was so surreal that it felt like an out of body experience. I never saw myself graduating. Not that I'm a dumb girl by far but the older I got the less I saw myself alive past 18 years and graduating. Don't ask why, I just didn't. To make it to this stage of my life was a blessing and to have my family and peers that I had made over the course of two years rooting for me was a great feeling. There was this gorgeous girl who sat next to me. I didn't know her and she didn't know me but during the cermony after we recieved our diplomas, we began a small conversation. We coaxed eachother not to cry while holding eachothers hand as the school principal declared us Norview High School Alumni, Class of '08. We smiled and shead happy tears as we walked back through the double doors exiting back into the real world. Everything was so surreal. It hadn't sunk in yet. I recieved my diploma and proceeded to take picture with my family in the blazing June heat. Had to been at least 100 degrees outside. It was a sea of smiling faces and then I saw her again. Driving past me, she smiled and through a wave my way. "Good Luck!! I hope to see you in the future," she said. And that was the last I saw her.
I only sit back now and think on the day because it has become my sister's turn. She strutts across the stage in true diva fashion getting applause from every corner of the Va Beach Pavillion. I am so proud of who she is, where she is and who she is to become. To my little sister, the future Virginia Union student, I love you. Good luck and hope to see the new and improved you in the future!
