We’ve all been in the throes of graduation season. But as parents and families celebrate, graduates can feel the weight of the future bearing down on them. Decisions about further education, finding a job, and creating a family loom over them, and if internal doubts were not enough, political rhetoric makes the path forward all the more complicated.

Hannah Anderson

Hannah Anderson lives with her family in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Her works include \"All That's Good\" and \"Heaven and Nature Sing: 25 Advent Reflections to Bring Joy to the World.\" You find more of her writing at sometimesalight.com.

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