It’s almost as if yesterday I was entering these now familiar halls for the first time and getting fishy necklaces thrown over my head. It won’t hit you your first day of senior year, nor will it hit you half-way through.

Being at the end of the tunnel and now planning for graduation, packing up the past 18 years of my life to move out, and starting to say my goodbyes is when it is all finally starting to settle in.

It is a bitter sweet moment to be saying goodbye to this school, and knowing there are faces I will never see again; but it is time to open up the next chapter in my life.

Students spend everyday wishing the school year would go by faster, and we all continue to say we cannot wait for it to be over. I would love to give an individual shout out to each person who has stood by my side and shared this crazy journey with me, but each of you know who you are and the love I have for you.

These four years have helped me grow so much as an individual but I am beyond ready to take the next step and walk the stage with my class and family that I have grown with for all of these years.

My advice to anyone for their senior year is to jump at each opportunity thrown in front of you, and spend as much time with your class as you can. Friends are the next closest thing to family. “It’s never goodbye, only see you later.”