by Jessica De La Mora
High school graduation is the moment we all count down to.
Eighteen years sounds like a little until you graduate and see how fast life goes by. Let’s not forget our favorite moment, life hitting you. Sounds crazy right? No, it’s just reality, it’s only been 7 months since I have graduated from Venice High.
Just a year ago, I was a president in POPS the club, getting all my pieces or poetry together for the anthology. Getting ready for graduation, and counting down the days to finally say I made it. It’s true what they say, hard work does pay off. If you want something done, you have to do it yourself, it’s the best way for something to be done.
Graduation came, I remember how many mixed emotions I had that day.
I wanted to shout because of all the joy I had, yet I wanted to cry because of how sad I was. My father wasn’t there for another important time in my life. Yet I still held my chin up with all the pride I had because I know I did it for myself, not for anybody else. Am I angry at my father? No, because I know how angry he is already at himself for missing that day and every other day that meant everything to me.
You cannot hold grudges or pain going into the real world.
There’s no time to sit down and complain about how messed up your life is. You grow up and deal with everything yourself and keep moving onto the next step in life. These past 7 months have been nothing but great and awful to me. I cannot be more grateful for each and every one of those times because they help me grow stronger and more independent.
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