All these actions are leading up to this one accomplishment, this one moment. You’ve worked so hard to get here. You’ve been through so much; won a lot of battles, lost a lot of battles. The moment is finally here, and you look around, and wonder, “is this it?”
I graduated high school the Saturday before last. I stopped physically going halfway through my sophomore year because of depression and how toxic my school was. I’ve been using their online program. I’ve been looking forward to finishing since I started. Then…there I was…finished, and I started to think about what I have to show for the past four years. I have bottles of depression medication and a paper hanging on my fridge telling me my high GPA and class rank. No friends, no homecoming or prom pictures, no after school clubs. Some people weren’t made for high school, I was one of them. Feeling empty when everyone is congratulating you and are happy for you, is a very lonely feeling,
I have hope that college will be better than high school.