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Closure

It was only recently that I found out valedictorians don’t exist in college. I didn’t believe Sonja when she told me that because “What about Elle Woods? She was valedictorian at Harvard!” but she assured me that it was probably for dramatic effect. Regardless, I have always loved the sappy graduation speeches. They are always filled with memories and inside jokes only your classmates would understand and people cry! Alas, with graduation being cancelled I was robbed of these moments where I could throw my grad cap in the air as I envision it dramatically falling down in slow motion as an epic song plays in the background. There will be no pictures under the bell tower, no prexy's pond jump, and no proposals. (Is that just an Elle Woods thing too?) Coming to this realization has felt exactly like getting the wind knocked out of me. Everything seems to be moving so quickly and the life that I had at Concordia has now been cut short...

Lemons & Cherries

Growing up, my grandmother had several sayings/phrases she would say over and over. She loved to sing you are my sunshine or i love you a bushel and a peck to any of the members of our family at seemingly random times. But perhaps her most famous quote was one she would always say to me whenever I would complain about something that was bothering me. As a child, and even now, I will tell her about any problem I may be having and to cheer me up, she would just laugh and say: "Oh Alyna.. If life were just a bowl of cherries, why are we in the pits?!" This would, of course, make me smile and remember that whatever problem I am facing, it will pass. There is light at the end of the tunnel! That does not mean that whatever problems I am facing are not challenging. In case you haven't noticed, the world is undergoing some challenges right now. Most universities in America have shut down for the remainder of the school year, and many fellow members of the Class of 2020 aroun...