Last year on this day, I wrote a very touching article dedicated to someone dear to me. Even though we had rough times, I miss his presence and company. I cried during his graduation. Especially when he read his valedictorian speech. He sent the speech he wrote to me before graduation, and I still have it.
I shall begin my next article about the same.
Graduation, the beginning of a new chapter of life. People cry, tears running down their cheeks because of the fear that people won’t come back. Graduation is the next step… take it with joy. A quote that I gave my best friend Andy for his birthday yesterday was “If the future seems overwhelming, remember, it only comes one day at a time.” I will leave you graduates with the same quote and hope that most of you come back when you feel afraid or alone.
Before playing the last song with the seniors… I saw eight empty chairs. There was a flute missing from the front row; two clarinets from the second and one less percussionist. There were two missing trombones and two missing trumpets. I know most of these people better graduating this year than I did most of the graduates last year.
I will miss Tanya. She has been there for me and helped me through this year. This girl affected a lot of people… Tanya in a good mood was awesome and people were cheery, Tanya in a bad mood almost killed everyone. She is very outspoken and blunt and that’s what I absolutely love about her.
I will miss Rachael. Although people say they don’t like her… I still do. We have been close ever since I was a freshman. She is the reason Alan and I started dating. It all started the week after my freshman band camp when she wrote me a note basically saying, “I want to be your friend”. From that point on we became tight. She was there for me through relationship problems with Alan and Alex. Actually, her philosophy is, “If he’s an ass, forget him.” I will miss Ray, probably the most.
I will miss Jennifer. Jennifer is very shy and quiet, but when she is mad… she can tear your arms and legs off. She has had past troubles that I regret never helping her through. We weren’t very close, but I still will miss her. She is a very intelligent girl. All she needs is more confidence in herself.
I will miss Joey. Although Joey and I were not that close either, I still will miss him. He would always tell me how pretty I looked and I would always respond, “Thank you Joey”. We would always say good morning to each other when we would see one another. He actually made me feel good… it’s better than listening to people call you psycho, that’s for sure.
I will miss Brittany. Sadly to say… Brittany was unable to graduate; rumor has it that she is getting her GED instead. Although people have problems with Brittany too, I try to forget them and still be friends. She has done some things she regrets… don’t we all? Brittany is a very pretty girl and I will miss her greatly. She was always optimistic even when everything was going completely wrong for her. She always wore her beautiful smile on her face, and that is what I will remember about her.
I will miss Dairic. He is extremely humorous and I will miss him a lot. In my personal opinion, he is the best musician in the band next to Brandon. He could get everyone to laugh with anything he did. He is one of very few people who take music seriously… which a few other people and I appreciate. He is a wonderful and intelligent person and I wish him the best of luck with the rest of his life.
I will miss Brandon. I will miss his sense of humor. His power in the low brass will be a loss and maybe a disadvantage until Tia and Alyssa break out of the shell and play with everything they have.
This is the point where everything changes from last year…
I will not miss Alex…
I have two more years to go… and people can say whatever they want about me when I leave, because I am never coming back. So, if anyone wants to keep in touch with me after I graduate, say so before I leave. When I graduate, I am moving out of state and I am not coming back.
~Shadow