The Diary of Cassia Maria Reyes

Today is going to be a hard day.
Today is all about grandfather.
Today is the day of his final banquet.

Yesterday I went to go visit grandfather during my rec hours. I feel like we are a lot alike. We had a good conversation, we talked about hiking. I told him I was going to be doing hiking during the summer. I enjoy talking to him and am going to miss him.

While we were talking yesterday he asked me to bring my artifact. Every person is allowed to have one artifact and mine is from grandfather. It is called a compact. Women used to us it to keep powder in that they put on their faces.

I brought my compact to my Match Banquet, it is very important to me. In a way calms me down, having a piece of the past. I'm not really sure why? Maybe because they got through all of their hard time, which were much worse then ours, so i will be able to over come the problems in our society.

I don't know what today will bring, I have never been to a Final Banquet before. I am also wondering why Grandfather asked me to bring my artifact? I can't think of a reason he would want me to bring it other then just seeing it one last time. I hope today isn't to bad. :(

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

– Abraham Lincoln