In January of this year, I finally joined Facebook. Why, you may ask? Solely for the reason that almost my entire graduating class is on there and we are all reconnecting. You see, this year will be my 20th High School Reunion! It is SURREAL! I honestly cannot believe this year is here! I was the person in charge of organizing our 10th Year Reunion and almost jumped on board to help with this year's reunion.
So much has changed in the last decade! Our children have grown, most of us have teenagers who are either entering, are in, or are even graduating from High School themselves...amazing! I even have some friends who have already become grandparents! (Typically this has happened through a marraige with previous kids, but still!) Sadly, we have also had 3 deaths in our class...I think 2 were from Cancer and the other I am not sure of the cause. We are all so "grown up" now. We are lawyers, teachers, business owners, stay-at-home moms...it will be so interesting to catch up on everyone's lives.
It HAS been an absolute blast being on Facebook and interacting with others from my class. We had a genuinely great group of people in the class of 1989. I just want to reach through my computer when I reconnect with some dear friends that I wondered about for years but had lost track of! It's so nice to see their smiling faces in the pictures they post and to see that they are happily married with children, beautiful children of their own!
In retrospect, High School was a good time, a time of growth and learning, a time of getting to know myself in the beginning stages. Because looking back, I see now what I child I still was, we all were...and yet we felt so "grown up" and ready to be on our own. What a difference the reality is from the fantasy! I always say I would NOT go back and do it again...but lately, as simple as life was then, looking back, perhaps I would...if only for a while...
Eliana
2 comments:
What a gorgeous senior picture of you! Yes, time does fly. I hope you have a wonderful reunion this summer. How exciting!!
I knew the day would finally come when you would join Facebook, ha ha! OK, I'm going to go look for you on FB now. Thanks for letting me know!
Yes, I'm glad you finally joined facebook too! And I love that senior portrait of you Eli !!! Of course, you still look the same beautiful you!!
So we lost 3 of our classmates... the ones I know of died from a plane crash, a suicide and from diabetes complications. Who were the cancer patients? I hope I'm not missing some ...
Miss you!! xo
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