I spent a good chunk of Saturday in a time warp.
The faces that I grew up with floated in front of me with familiar smiles and eyes, but taller and older and different enough to make you pause.
Many of these differences involved children… Lots and lots of children.
Which is weird because in my head, I still feel like this.
The nostalgia of a twentieth reunion is palpable.
I couldn’t help laughing when I would see a friend who was so familiar and yet so foreign.
I guess that’s what a twenty year gap will do.
It makes you laugh.
It made me smile.
It was a really fun night.
We laughed a lot.
We reminisced a lot.
We shared pictures and stories and memories.
It was totally wild — and possibly the portal into a mid-life crisis for some folks.
But for me, as the clock struck 11:00, I realized something…*
I missed Nature Boy.
I’m glad for our quiet little life on our small farm…
The little house, the lovely mowed fields, the fresh baked bread…
I missed a little boy who eats his books.
As I said good-byes and walked out to the car, I realized, I am fully content with my thirty-eight year old life.
Going back in time was good and fun, and definitely worth the effort.
But I’m glad I’m not in high school any more. All the dreams and visions and plans I had when I was eighteen, pale in comparison to what I have now.
Life is GOOD.
And I’m too old to be up so late.
* I also realized that my feet hurt after wearing heels for five hours. How do women do that?
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I'm glad you went and had a good time. It looks like it was a ton of fun. I'm constantly amazed that I have been out of high school for over 20 years, cause in my head I still feel like I'm 17.
I was shocked at how much everyone still looked exactly the same at my last pseudo reunion. Glad you had fun at yours!!
wow.. you guys all looked like you had a blast. I didn't go to my reunion. I was never to social in highschool.. ok lets face it .. i was a dork/nerd .. so I didn't go. Sometimes its just better (as you found out) to live in the present.
What a wonderful event! Those pictures are awesome! I wasn't able to go to my 20th reunion. Your pictures make me wish I had!
Did you graduate from high school in upstate New York? I used to live in Manlius, right outside of Syracuse.
Have a great day!
XOXO
Jen
How fun! It's so great to see how people change…and don't change all at the same time.
It looks like you had a wonderful, but I'm sure it felt wonderful to get back to your beautiful fam and little farm (and out of those heels!).
Back to real life. Isn't it fabulous?
What a great way to look at it all! I'm glad you had a great time, and that you longed to be home in the end too! So sweet!
LOVED your philosophy!! And that you are Contented with your life NOW!!
GOOD for you, you are mature enough to appreciate what you have now.
I loved this and it is wonderful that you are so content with life. I feel the same way…we are lucky people!
Have a good day!
well said and excellently narrated!
Thanks for sharing. It was a great read!
Reminds me of the poem I posted here:
http://sonidosserranos.blogspot.com/2009/10/girl-i-used-to-be.html
We have so much to be thankful for!