Senior year. The time I’ve looked forward to since I was a kid.
2020 was going to be my year. The big four digits claiming my high school class were printed in thick grey letters on the back of our fifth grade T-shirts. They hung tall and grand on a shiny banner over our middle school hallways. They ran repeatedly through my mind as I sat through my older brothers’ high school graduations. And now, these numbers are seen on every current calendar, daily newspaper, and phone lockscreen. That year that I have so long waited for, has finally come.
It is the year of 2020 and I wonder, is it all that I had imagined? The answer is easy: no.
I knew it would be a wild ride with college decisions, stressful finals, and simply being a high schooler for the last time ever. Yet, I looked forward to the traditional senior festivities like field day and baccalaureate. I was sad but still excited to play in my last high school soccer season ever. And I dreaded the day that I would have to say goodbye to so many of my amazing friends, teachers, and coaches from the past 12 years as we all planned to go our separate ways.
But the time to say goodbye came all too quick and miserably unexpected. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fantasy of my senior year and that of my fellow classmates was thrown out of the picture. Before we knew it, our lifelong dreams had been replaced with at-home Zoom sessions and mostly cancellations.
Now school halls get dusty, grocery store shelves get empty, and we wait patiently for this mess to somehow go away. So, no, it is definitely not at all what I imagined.
Of course I feel very upset, but my faith prevents me from dwelling on the sadness. I have been focusing on the message in John 14:27 as it reads, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
The Lord gives us no challenge without the strength to overcome it. His plan is not always what we expect, but it is always what we need. I know that not everyone shares these Christian beliefs, but I know that they are true.
I believe that everyone has the ability to get through this trial, growing stronger in the process. What I don’t know is what will happen next. I know that somehow, by the grace of God, it’ll all be better than okay.
The coronavirus has done so much challenge already, no one can deny that, but I know we can get through this challenging time with faith, hope, and positivity. Keep your heads up, class of 2020! We got this.
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