10 Years

"One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road do I take? she asked. Where do you want to go? was his response. I don't know, Alice answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn't matter."~ Lewis Carroll

At the beginning of this week, I found myself reading my hometown paper online. Their teacher of the year is the same that ours was. Reading about the graduates of this year.  It’s been 10 years I thought?!  WOW. I started writing this blog, and then I went and saw SATC 2, and Carrie is reflecting on her past, and it got me thinking; a lot can happen in 10 years.

I remember the day I graduated high school. I sewed daisies into my hat, and couldn’t wait for the night to come.  I walked the field with my closest girlfriends, and walked the stage with my boyfriend at the time.  My family was there, and I remember thinking that while I knew one chapter of my life was closing, another was waiting to start.  I remember thinking I was going to cry my eyes out, but I didn’t.  But I remember watching as the football field filled up with our class. And knowing that I’d miss it. And while I know that high school was just 4 years passing, it has always stayed with me, and I have been able to sustain some of the strongest relationships 10 years later.

It was bittersweet, I knew my life was about to change in so many ways, but I was also looking forward to my future. Although, I was really not sure what I wanted to do, I ended up going to college for a degree in Journalism. I loved writing, and I still do.I loved my classes I took, and my teachers. And high school just became a memory.   That was the year that Florida effed up the voting, and that was the year my Grandma Elsie passed away.  And that Fall, I turned 18.

A lot can happen in 10 years.  It’s almost frightening. Graduation, a marriage, a divorce, friends with babies, friends passing away, friends moving away, friends getting married, leaving home(town) for the first time, buying a home, helping raise 3 children, letting go, falling in love, heartbreak, success, failure, owning a business…selling a business, traveling, finding your passion, creating your own dreams, and following them.   A lot can happen in a decade, I’m curious to see what the next decade has in store for me.

  Forever Friends

 

Still BFF’s

Graduating with my closest friends. 6.8.2000

Some of the girls, and I still can list every person in this picture.