An Annual Letter to the Graduates of Frederick High School (2021)

In the chaos of moving from Los Angeles to Seattle, I stumbled across a box of photos. As I dug through them, I found a picture taken the night I graduated from high school. Staring at the image, it was intensely obvious that I had been crying. With my eyes held tight, I did my best to recall the conversation which led me to tears. Nineteen years in the rearview mirror, a rush…