They Missed My PhD Graduation—So I Used The Empty Seats To Tell The Truth

too far to drive’ or ‘we’re too busy’ or ‘we’ll definitely catch the next one’—this part is especially for you.”

My throat tightened with emotion I no longer felt the need to hide. Letting them see it felt necessary, honest.

“We learned somewhere along the way to be our own cheering section,” I said. “We learned to applaud first for ourselves because continue reading …