post-grad life – Grace Leuenberger

For the College Senior: Letters in a Pandemic

Class of 2020: I know this story has taken a turn that none of you expected.

Thoughts from the in-between.

Thoughts from a year of exploded plans.

Reflections from one year in Kent, Ohio.

I am not here to baby you; I am here to tell you that you are a baby.

How watching a total eclipse from a graveyard prepared me for a year of dark & light, hopelessness and hopefulness.

Thoughts on friendship, loneliness, and lessons to be learned when college is over.

Some words I wrote my last semester of college, over two years ago. Following are new comments on what has transpired since.

Reflections I penned in the days before I graduated from college. Shared today for the class of 2018.

If I could time travel, here’s what I’d tell myself 9 months ago.