Every year, a graduate is selected by their peers and faculty to share a song at Commencement in honor of the graduating class. Below is the song shared at the 2014 Commencement ceremony by Megan Peters, an MATC graduate.
This song carried me through the entire length of this program—the ups and downs, the depth of the unknown, and the processing of uncovering what I never imagined. It reminds me that the journey of healing is a dive into the deep waters, submerging into the scary wonder of story. This song reminds me it’s okay to feel it all or nothing at all, and that there is land ahead—a place for me to plant my feet. This has been hopeful, a grounding sensation for me—that after the depth comes a shore that will welcome me back to a home I’d forgotten.
Shores of White Sand
by Emmylou Harris
Here I go again
Back to that feeling
Of no worthy cause
To carry me on
‘Cause my hearts been skipping
Like a flat rock on water
And with each ripple
The further I’m gone
Some say I’m sinking
To the muddy bottom
But somehow I’m sailing
To shores of white sand
I feel it raining
And the crosswinds are changing
Blowing my chances
To make it alone
But should you get lonesome
And your child need a mother
Just look for my traces
On shores of white sand
Some say I’m sinking
To the muddy bottom
But somehow I’m sailing
To shores of white sand
Yes, some say I’m sinking
To the muddy bottom
But somehow I’m sailing
To shores of white sand
Some say I’m sinking
To the muddy bottom
But somehow I’m sailing
To shores of white sand