Gaya Avidor Week 19 - My Final Message

 Sorry about the title of this blog being sort of dark. The final message I am referring to is my graduation speech. The other week, we all received the notification that we must all begin writing up the initial draft of our graduation speeches. I don’t know about you guys, but this really was a wake up call for me. I think that it was the first time I realized that we are actually second semester seniors, graduating in just a couple of months. 

For me, this speech is something that I’ve been thinking about for a long time now. I was only able to attend the Class of 2019’s  graduation ceremony, because last year’s obviously wasn’t possible, and listened to each one of them say their speech. Since then, I thought about what it would be and feel like to one day be giving my own. Truthfully, I don’t know where to start. I looked at the guidelines that were posted in the assignment, but for some reason I haven’t been able to begin writing just yet. 

The realization that we will be beginning a new chapter in our lives, so soon, is definitely bittersweet, to say the least. On one hand, I want to talk about all the positive things that I’ve experienced throughout high school, but I also feel the need to include challenges that I overcame even when times were tough. I feel like I have yet to figure out a way to incorporate all of the things I want to say in a speech that will flow nicely but not be too overbearing and wordy. Hopefully soon I will be able to find the clarity that I need to just sit down and write this speech, so that I can at least have the main thoughts that I want to include, on paper.