So graduation came and went.  I watched my friends walk the stage and felt nothing but immense pride in each and every one of them.  I listened to their speeches and felt nothing but joy at hearing their families scream for their names ( Read more... )

So I've been in pain the last few days as if I've just had a radical hysterectomy and I'm bleeding as if I'd just strained my body too much after a horrible miscarriage.  I was actually absent from school yesterday for the first time in all of senior year.  And of course, it's always really awkward when people ask, "Why were you gone yesterday?"  ( Read more... )