This is especially true when the author has already passed on. Before I pass on across that stage and receive my diploma, I will write my own epitaph. This will be my succinct message chronicling my life here at Howard Payne University. I should take a moment to note the way an epitaph is appropriate for my graduation.
Commencement is a bittersweet event.
The unreachable goal has been attained and I have risen to the occasion. Sadly, I must compose new goals to achieve - reluctant optimism in action. Not only must I turn the page, I have finished the book and am sad not to have anything to read. The innocence of undergraduate studies will soon pass and the pressing needs of the real world await. When I depart from Howard Payne, I will take some things with me.