An odd time, perhaps to be going into your senior year.  Remote learning, masked gatherings…. certainly not the final year of high school that Riley, and many other seniors, envisioned.  Although perhaps the uncertainty is a gift.  To recognize that life rarely goes the way one plans, no matter the most ideal efforts and utmost determination.  At some point in our adult life we all recognize how little we truly are in control, and how essential, for the sake of keeping our head while navigating life, we are able to adjust and adapt accordingly.  All the while maintaining that which is most truly essential: an ability to love well, to grow through the challenges, and to engage in gratitude no matter the cost.  To learn this early could be one of the greatest assets of a seniors entrance into adulthood, if only willing to hold onto the lesson.