Graduation

Last Thursday, a comment from Morningside's Dean got me thinking. I thought, did he really just compare our graduation to a funeral? The answer is sort of. He told us that only a few events in our lives take as much precedence in our lives as commencement. Graduation, he said, was along the same caliber as weddings and, yes, funerals. 

As for me, I came up with a different comparison to this very special day. This day for me happened on August 22, 2008. Don't ask me how I remember that date, I just do. But something very special happened on that day. That was the day I became a college student. But most importantly, it was the day that is strikingly similar to May 12, 2012. 

On both of these days, I was enormously tired, quite sweaty, and tears were falling from both my eyes and my mom's. The first day I met most of my friends was the 22, and I parted ways (temporarily) with them on the 12. The 22 was the day that we had matriculation, where we attended a formal ceremony welcoming us to college. The 12 is the day we officially became alumni of the same college. Both seemed to be bittersweet moments, but both mighty achievements as well. 

I am proud to be a Morningside College Alum, mostly because it means I have completed my degree. I am also proud of who I became at Morningside, and that I have some very special friends. 

Me and my moose family graduating. Last May we went on May Term together.  

Friends at graduation. We all met the first few days of our freshman year. 

One last photo of us as Morningside students. 

Look, I got my diploma, and it was signed too!