A couple of years ago, I had the immense honor of delivering the commencement address for the Class of 2023 at my alma mater, Saint Louis University. (Believe me, the only people more surprised than I that O’Leary was the commencement speaker…. were the professors who taught me back in the late 1990s!)

As I watched the graduates cross the stage full of excitement, trepidation, nerves and ultimately hope, I couldn’t help but think back to the miracle that appeared the night of my own graduation. Let me explain.