{"id":6772,"date":"2022-04-15T13:50:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T18:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=6772"},"modified":"2022-04-15T13:50:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T18:50:41","slug":"edgards-senior-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=6772","title":{"rendered":"Edgard’s Senior Farewell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Roanoke,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how to thank you for these four years. The person that moved into Chalmers Hall 011 all those years ago wouldn\u2019t recognize me today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I remember being 18, just graduating from highschool. I wasn\u2019t scared when I went to Germany with my best friend from school but I was a nervous wreck on move-in day here. I didn\u2019t know what to expect, yet looking back it was certainly well worth it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve learned just how big, yet how small the world can be. I\u2019ve come to think of this small place nestled in the Blue Ridge mountains as my second home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you asked me if I had a favorite memory, I wouldn\u2019t be able to answer that question. If I try to think of one, ten more come to mind. I’d have to sit down in the Commons with a cup of coffee and talk all afternoon. Incidentally, that\u2019s where some of the best memories were made.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Walking through your halls, and quads fills me with memories. Simply sitting down at Fintel, takes me back to the times spent with long gone friends. Thinking about Salem fills me with joy since that\u2019s where some of the best times have been spent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I want to say goodbye to you, to my professors, and to my friends but I simply can\u2019t. I\u2019m terrible with goodbyes and at this point I\u2019ve accepted that you will always be a part of my life. That\u2019s why I won\u2019t say goodbye but rather \u201csee you later\u201d and a big hug because when I leave, I\u2019ll be counting the days when that train pulls into the station in downtown Roanoke late at night and I can see you all once more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nos Vemos Amigos!<\/span><\/p>\n

Edgard Lacayo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Roanoke,\u00a0 I don\u2019t know how to thank you for these four years. The person that moved into Chalmers Hall 011 all those years ago wouldn\u2019t recognize me today.\u00a0 I remember being 18, just graduating from highschool. I wasn\u2019t scared when I went to Germany with my best friend from school but I was a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-6772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-summer2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}