2020 Graduates, You Did It!

I graduated two years ago from Altoona High (Go, Mountain Lions!). That day is still fresh in my memory. We got to do a “victory lap” before we took our seats and all 600-some of us were called out by our names and congratulated for accomplishing the seemingly never-ending task of completing high school. “I did it,” I remember sighing as I took my diploma in hand. Once all of us were recognized for our achievement, we threw our caps up into the air and I must have hugged 20 of my peers that were sitting around me. I was so happy. It was a pretty standard and traditional high school graduation....