Green Tomorrow

The scene in Greenburg, Kansas after a tornado leveled the town in 2007.

That scintillating time that is the cusp between high school and the rest of one’s life is a thrill. And no moment captures the feeling more succinctly than graduation day itself. Remember sitting on the edge of your chair, awkwardly donning cap and gown, giddy with anticipation? It not just the thought of after-parties that sets nerves a-twitter. It’s the idea that one phase of life is ending, and another about to begin.

It’s a day the 18-student senior class of Greensburg, Kansas won’t soon forget. The…