Motivational Speaker Brings Tears

Each night, there is a course in the humanities at the summer program that I work at. They range from Shakespeare plays to an all-male a capella group. This week was a particularly powerful one for people of all ages. Ed Gerety, a motivational speaker, came to Bridgewater State to give a talk to the 13 and 14 year-olds that I work with each day. Little did I know that I would be crying by the end of the night.

Most of Ed's talk focused having us think about the people we love in our life and why we don't show that love as much as we should. He had us write a letter to someone as if we had only one hour to live and write everything that we would say to that person. Many of the kids were crying, but so was I. As I was writing a letter to my mom, I thought about how I am permanently moving my life to a new place and will not see her very often. College was different because it was only four years, as if I knew someday I would come back to Boston. But now, I'm not. Washington, D.C. is my new home and though I am excited about it, I am realizing how many people I am going to miss.