I graduated on Saturday. I didn't really tell anybody... so it's ok if you didn't know about it. I just didn't think it was such a big deal that people should get work off and come sit through speech after speech just to see me walk across the stage, ya know? But I thought of you all as I walked and how much you have supported me. :) I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in both English Literary Studies and Liberal Arts with a minor in Speech Organization. I also graduated Cum Laude, which was a bit surprising.
I felt super loved as I had breakfast with some of my family and Weston's, when multiple people called my name as I walked to the stage, cheered raucously as my name was read, and snapped photographs. I was able to see friends that I haven't seen in ages, and say goodbye to some that I won't see for a long time to come.
A friend and I were talking in the office last night about how we won't remember what we learned in our classes, or who the professors were or what grades we got, but that we'd remember the people we met and friendships we made. I may have never made comments in class, but I was the one in the corner of the room that joked with friends through class and had professors rolling their eyes at some of the things we would do, or laughing at our antics. My professors recognized me and gave me hugs, encouraging words, and high 5's as I walked amidst them down the tunnel toward the commencement ceremonies. I guess I always thought I was invisible... but learned that being quiet, and trying to stay out of the limelight has its own power. It's true that someone is always watching what you do, even when you don't know it.
Thank you, USU and all the friends I have met here, I will never forget you or the good times we had together.
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