Next month will be the 30 year anniversary of my high school graduation. I have been frantically trying to contact all my classmates and have had the joy of reconnecting with some I haven’t seen in many years. So much can happen in 30 years, so much of which I have not had the time to hear about yet. So I am so looking forward to seeing them all.
But I was thinking today after I had talked to one of the girls I went to school with on the phone about the reunion, that it seems like yesterday I was talking to this very same girl in a classroom of high school students. Our first reunion seemed a little unnecessary because after all it wasn’t that long ago that we were in class together. Then at 20 years it still seemed like yesterday. At thirty years, it still seems like yesterday. But it wasn’t. It was 30 years ago. And because the years will be gone before we know it, I need to take advantage of the opportunity to reconnect with these folks that I spent so many of my teen days with. That I shared a special friendship and bond with.
And not just these Tabernacle Christian School 1979 graduates, but the family members that mean so much to me, and the friends that help me get through my week. All these have made an impact on my life in one way or another. Relationships of any kind take work. And so many times I am not willing to be the one to make the effort. But I don’t want another 10 years to pass having not kept in contact with those who are important to me.
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