ROAD HOME

As where you belong Rise up, follow me I will lead you home And while I’m going to be leaving my home, at least, the only town I’ve ever known to be my home, I don’t feel sad about it because I’m going to find my new home, full of new people and new opportunities. College is all about starting fresh in my mind, and that’s exactly what I plan to do. But at that choir concert, I wasn’t crying about the fact that high school was over. I was crying about having to leave all the people I’m not going to see when I go to college.

I have to go through the experience of starting college all by myself, as my two closest friends aren’t going to be with me, or even starting college at all since they’re juniors.

And as much as I’m going to miss them, I’m going to have to keep myself from taking the bus back to my house on the weekends to go and hang out with them.

Losing contact with them is one of my biggest fears, but if it happens, it happens for a reason and it’s going to be hard. But, it’s the hard things in life that teach you how to move forward, so maybe that’s why I’ve gotten good at it. In general, I may have not enjoyed high school, but there were always a few things here and there that brought me joy. One of them being the Mix, and the incredible hardworking staff I’ve had the pleasure working with this year.

Being in charge of this newspaper has taught me a lot about being a leader. I’ve had to make a lot of decisions in order to keep everything unbiased and meaningful in everything we do. We’ve taken risks in our writing this year. We’ve pushed boundaries and done investigative journalism, and for that, I am proud of us.

This class has been one of my little homes in high school.

I hope for everyone who is having a hard time in high school, that they have the ability to find their little homes somewhere. You never know who you might meet or what could change your life for the better.

I’m happy to say I found my home in high school, regardless of everything that didn’t go right.

I can’t wait to see what homes I find in my next chapter and who will lead me there.

— Maeby Aleo