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“The most important thing I’ve learned is that what you do will never define you for long. Who you are always will.” -Abby Wambach, Wolfpack
June buzzes with the energy of graduations and milestones being reached by children in our homes and/or communities. I was picking up lunch at a restaurant and saw a big group of people standing near a young woman wearing a graduation cap and flowers around her neck. The smiles and excitement were something great to see, but she seemed overwhelmed by the conversations. She was being bombarded with questions on why she picked the college she did, why that major, what’s next after freshman year, how will she afford to come home to visit? The usual questions of, “What do you want to do when you grow up, what’s next, and next after that?” reminded me of when I graduated from school. The same questions made me feel overwhelmingly rushed into the future but also pressured me to pick a career that would define my life well enough to fit into society’s mo…
June buzzes with the energy of graduations and milestones being reached by children in our homes and/or communities. I was picking up lunch at a restaurant and saw a big group of people standing near a young woman wearing a graduation cap and flowers around her neck. The smiles and excitement were something great to see, but she seemed overwhelmed by the conversations. She was being bombarded with questions on why she picked the college she did, why that major, what’s next after freshman year, how will she afford to come home to visit? The usual questions of, “What do you want to do when you grow up, what’s next, and next after that?” reminded me of when I graduated from school. The same questions made me feel overwhelmingly rushed into the future but also pressured me to pick a career that would define my life well enough to fit into society’s mo…
