Yesteryear

This summer will be my 25th High School Reunion. Am I excited about it? Yes in some ways I am because I wasn't able to make it to the other ones before. It will be great to see some of my classmates beyond what I see on Facebook. There was some incredible times in school because in our school we were treated as adults, so we acted that way. We didn't have bells ending classes or telling us to go to another class, our lockers were in a common area, and some classrooms were just separated by foam boards, not actual standard walls. Yes we had jocks, headbangers, nerds, etc.. but you know what we all got along with each other, we were not separated like many are today because of their "class" in society. Yes there was also some "enemies" when in school people we didnt all get along with. But as we grew up really so did our attitudes. We worked beyond it and are now friends because we realized it was over something stupid 99.9999% of the time.

With all these reunions, bringing back clothes & styles from before, re-doing classic movies from that time, rereleasing songs all make me wonder why it is happening? Is it because those 80s were actually a really good decade? We had that technology starting up; we had the innocence but not; the tv shows on were family oriented; the entertainment was incredible in music and movies; and the lists continue. But we can never bring that back, we can never recreate that time again even though we want to, and we can never be young again except in our hearts and our memories. Sometimes we need to remember that in order to keep ourselves from falling back into the same old grove. We need to remember to keep walking forward. We need to make strides towards where we are heading for or where we can continue being.