Story archives - tag: "graduation"

Hoff

While everyone else threw their caps in the air for graduation, I sat and worried that my mom wouldn't still be alive when I got back to the hospital.

tags: high school graduation mom death sickness illness hospital [add]

2011-06-02 14:17:05 / Rating: 526.5 /

btd

I giggled at my high school graduation when I realized the boy I was walking beside to our seats was the same boy that held my hand at the roller rink in second grade.

tags: 2007 graduation childhood roller rink [add]

2008-06-25 20:42:33 / Rating: 603.5 /

#11

I wasn't the valedictorian, but the speech I gave to the class was so much better than hers.

tags: high school graduation [add]

2008-05-28 15:52:53 / Rating: 408.5 /

Rachel

On graduation day, I gave my worst enemy since sixth grade a two-page poem that explained I hadn't ever really hated him.

tags: high school enemy graduation poetry [add]

2007-09-19 15:02:38 / Rating: 484.75 /

Caitlyn

My speech actually ended with a mental "Screw you," to all the boys who would never screw me.

tags: valedictorian resentment graduation [add]

2007-06-03 00:33:02 / Rating: 383.75 /