How would you feel if life's circumstances prevented you from finishing a graduate degree (see details)?

Hypothetically speaking…

Say you’ve completed every required program course, except the thesis. The deadline for finishing the graduate degree is next semester. You’ve been avoiding thesis work and have finally taken steps towards accomplishing the last hurdle before earning your precious degree. However, soon after you take initial steps, you learn that it will be nearly impossible to take the thesis course because ________________ (insert any imaginable circumstance).

What would be an imaginable, yet realistic circumstance that would prevent you from finishing your graduate degree?

Would you move heaven and earth to finish it, or would you accept your loss and move on to something else?

If you chose to accept your loss, how would you feel about the whole situation?