 The Final Word Natalie Ross, '15, capped off the graduation ceremony with this powerful message to her fellow classmates
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Three generations: Natalie Ross (left) with her daughter and mother
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I want for you to know that this is not the end
So do not untie your shoes and slip them off,
Do not take off your hat and put it on its hook
Do not say there is nothing left to learn in this book.
I want you to turn your head towards the sun
Even when the clouds lay thick and woolen
Because we both know it is still there
I want you to take a drink of water and imagine a river
And keep moving and gurgling through the days
I want you to turn off the radio of distraction in your head
And pick up your pen and cry it out with ink.
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I want you to want to know more
To want to know more than you think you know
Because you are worthy
You were always worthy.
Natalie lives in East Austin with her daughter Lola and her two dogs Paco and Xochitl. She works as a child care specialist at the UT Child Development Center, cares for special needs kids at the nonprofit Growing Roots, and dreams of living to write.
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