Abby Wambach, Remarks as Delivered Greetings to President Beilock, Barnard faculty, trustees, and honorees: Katherine Johnson, Anna Quindlen, and Rhea Suh. And to each of the 619 bad-ass women of the Barnard graduating class of 2018: Congratulations! Doesn’t it feel like the second you figure anything out in life, it ends and you’re forced to start all over again? Experts call these times of life “transitions.” I call them terrifying. I went through a terrifying transition recently when I retired from soccer. The world tries to distract us from our fear during these transitions by creating fancy ceremonies for us. This graduation […]
