hi Michael, Welcome to The Ink Well.
Thank you for submitting this off-prompt piece of writing to the community. The strength of the mind and heart truly are incredible. Congratulations on your graduation achievements.
Your piece would benefit from some editing before publication. Consider running simple spell checks and using a grammar checker like Grammarly to correct punctuation and grammar. You tend to separate your individual thoughts with commas instead of the requisite period. Presentation-wise, it would help if you separated ideas into separate paragraphs. It makes it easier on the eye than a large block of text. Your writing and presentation will improve if you consider applying these suggestions.
Please also note that images used on Hive need to be royalty-free or belong to you. They also need to be sourced correctly. This means that you need to provide the URL link to where the image can be located online if it does not belong to you. This is so that we can ensure that copyright is not being breached. The link should be to the dedicated page for that image and where the photographer is credited. If the image belongs to you, which I suspect in this post is the case, a simple note at the foot of your post stating that "All images used in this blog post belong to me unless otherwise stated" will suffice.
Now that you're here, please have a look around and get to know our community. Here are a few tips for getting acquainted:
Be sure to read The Ink Well community rules at the top of the community home page, and check out our FAQ about The Ink Well.
We accept two kinds of short stories in The Ink Well: fictional stories and creative nonfiction stories.
You can find some great articles on fiction story writing in our catalog of fiction writing tips.
You can find information about what we are looking for in creative nonfiction stories in this post.
And please be sure to engage in the community by reading and commenting on the work of other community members. We ask everyone who post in The Ink Well to read and comment on at least two other stories for each one published.
Again, welcome!