Graduation

I was looking forward to graduation day until I found out that I cannot attend because of RSVP.I mean graduation is the most important day everyone looks forward to because it shows that against all odds you made it,sleepless nights of worrying and studying,the stress that came with the books only to find that you cannot graduate as you did not accept or decline.If I didn't want to attend I would have declined it.i am so disappointed and i don't even know what to tell my family as those ones accompanying me have already prepared everything including buying attires to attend the most important day that comes from hard.I am denied that opportunity even though I do qualify.I am supposed to be graduating on the 23 April,just one day to go,how do I tell them that we no longer going to the graduation ceremony.I am in disbelief as this was the moment and day I was looking forward to.To top it my manager even gave days off to attend as she saw my determination to attend this ceremony. I won't lie my heart is bleeding,I don't even have the energy or appetite to eat.