I remember when we first created these. I remember thinking that the reveal was so far away.

I used to think it would never come.

But here we are.

A week away from graduation.

Man this year flew by faster than I ever thought possible.

Anyways my name is Mason Janda.

I like ice cream,

Tacos,

Long neck dinosaurs,

And the graduating class of 2020.

High school has been such an amazing experience. I’ve come to love this school and the students so much.

There’s so much I want to say I just don’t know how to say it, other than I love you guys.

Anyways, you all are so cool and even though high school is ending I’d love to stay connected with you guys so add me on Snapchat @chrisjanda_2 or follow me on insta @masoncjanda (I’m not really active on insta doe…

But happy graduation and h.a.g.s!

Love you all 🥰

It’s been 12 years of school.

18,720 hours.

1,123,200 minutes.

67,392,000 seconds.

Here we are.

At the end of all we have ever known.

The end of late nights studying for that test you don’t want to take.

The end of seeing your friends in the halls, and being tardy to class.

All the Friday night lights, illuminating the student section as we stay silent while the ball is in the air, then hearing the roar of the crowd when the catch is made and the game is won.

The game was won.

Yeah,

We’ve lost a lot.

But that’s not what this is about.

We don’t count our losses.

We count our victories.

Every test passed was a victory.

Every laugh shared in class was a victory.

When that girl said yes to junior prom, and when you kissed her on her doorstep, and for a second you forgot how to speak, and for a second it didn’t matter because she forgot too.

That, was a victory.

For the nights we fell in love.

Not just with each other,

But with high school.

Black light dances and mosh pits.

Championship games and face paint.

Laughing till our sides ached and smiling till our cheeks hurt.

Hallways full of friends and faculty that have become our family.

So when you go to bed don’t think of what we’ve lost. Think of what we’ve gained. Think of the days we were carefree teenagers in a carefree world.

These were our days.

The right words don’t exist to describe how I feel.

It’s lamenting over good things.

But I think that’s a good thing.

And when I’m with you, all I feel is good things.

It’s bitter sweet, the words we didn’t speak that night, but it’s keeping me warm under the cold cold night.

It’s kept me warm a very long time.

It’s nearly been a year since I started living.

Tell me the greatest feeling you’ve ever felt.

Tell me the greatest pain you’ve ever felt.

I wish I was the one who you send drunk texts to at 1:57 AM.

I want to see you all again.

I want to be tardy to first period one more time.

I want to walk at graduation, get my diploma, attempt a backflip, land on my face, and have the video go viral.

I want to take her to prom, and I want my breath to leave my lungs when I see her, and I want to not be able to find the right words to use, but maybe that’s because the right words don’t exist.

They don’t exist.

I want to apologize.

Because I took it for granted.

I slept in, skipped the assemblies, skipped the games, skipped the events,

laughed when I shouldn’t have laughed, talked when I should’ve stayed quiet.

And left, when I should’ve just stayed.

I should’ve just stayed.

Describe how you feel in one word.

Love is a very chaotic emotion.

I told you once that I loved you.

You thought it was a joke.

So did I.

I’ve started dreaming in color.

Now that I sleep with someone else.

I found myself without you.

If only you had found yourself with me.

You still have my heart.

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