Our days in high school are numbered. Whether we like it or not, whether we’re ready or not, we’re graduating.

For some, this is the moment they’ve been waiting for. For others, they wish it would never come. But regardless of how we feel, we must graduate and move on with our lives.

My feelings on this are mixed. Had you asked me last year, I would’ve said that I was ready to graduate that very day – that I was done with high school. But as the big day approaches, I find myself more and more reluctant to graduate. It’s not that I love high school, because honestly, I don’t. But I love the people here and more than anything, that has made the difference in my senior year.

I ended up at Southwest kind of by accident. I never expected that my time here would mean so much to me and I certainly never expected to find a family. But I have. Last year was not great. I had my friends, but I didn’t really go out of my way to talk to anyone new. However, this year, something changed. Not just me, but our whole senior class came together. I have found a family in the Blue Valley Southwest class of 2012.

That is something I will dearly miss next year. I love the fact that at this school, I can walk up to pretty much anyone in our senior class, strike up a conversation and it won’t be awkward. I truly feel that I am friends with our entire senior class. One of my biggest worries throughout high school has been that I wouldn’t have anyone to sit with at lunch. But this year, I’ve never had that fear, because I know that, no matter what, there will be someone, especially in the senior class to sit with.

I can’t quite wrap my head around the fact that in just weeks, we will be saying goodbye to each other forever. We’ve grown up together, and I can’t imagine not going to school with the same people every day. While I’m sad about it, it’s time for a change. I will miss my Timberwolf family next year, but they will be in my heart forever.