Rekindle your dreams

I could see it in the other students’ eyes. Envy. Not the green-eyed monster kind of envy, but the respectful admiration they, too, hoped to earn someday. We, the graduating class of Slidell High, were lining up in the school’s main hallway to practice for graduation – the big event we thought would never come. Noticing the admiring looks from our underclassmen, we enjoyed the satisfaction our perseverance had earned. If we hadn’t persisted in studying and doing our homework (even