Back in the old days...

Yesterday was my high school reunion. It was 10 years ago that I graduated from the good old WCCHS. We drove to Claresholm with the kids and attended the family portion of the event, at the newly built splash park. The kids had fun getting wet. At one point it started pouring rain as the kids continued to play in all the sprinklers. Can't get any wetter then that I guess! I really enjoyed getting re-acquainted with some of my former classmates and introducing John to them. Ten years ago, these were not necessarily people I would have considered great friends. No fault of theirs,it's just that we had so little in common. Visiting with them yesterday though, I felt like the division that once existed, had through the years, dissolved. It didn't matter who of us were on "teams" or who was "cool or not". We all had kids. Jobs. Partners/ Spouses. If I could have known back then how insignificant my high school life would be compared to the rest of my lifes experiences I perhaps would not have stressed so much throughout it:)

We enjoyed talking about some of our old teachers, and reminiscing about the styles, fads and music of that day. I couldn't help but laugh when I was reminded of some of the songs us "girls" used to sing in the locker room! Our grad theme song was "Won't back down", but that only became the song of choice after a long drawn out debate. Half the class wanted it to be "Raise a little Hell"! Can you imagine that? (Actually that probably describes a lot of my old classmates pretty well:).


John and I had to leave from the park for home, as we didn't have childcare, but it was nice to have a brief moment to reflect on a bit of my past. So much has changed since 1998. Back then I was this tall, scrawny, awkward girl with braces



Now? ... well, I don't have braces anymore!