Since I've been hooking up with some long lost high school classmates via Facebook, I decided to pull out the ole yearbooks and was immediately transported back in time. Once again it was the early '70's and I was the wide eyed, innocent (and hopeful) girl with her entire future ahead of her.
Looking at the pictures of all of us I realized that although we thought we were adults in actuality we were not; we were just kids plain and simple. It was a time when innocence was the norm, fun was laughing over silly things (not people who were different) and our only goal was looking forward to Friday nights to either attend the weekly football or basketball games (depending on the season). As I read what my fellow classmates wrote to me our Senior year my eyes began to mist over....we were going to conquer the world, but remain our same sweet selves; we vowed to remain positive and had little to no fear of the unknown future.....
How many of us achieved our goals I wonder? Did we conquer the world? Most assuredly! Maybe we didn't find a cure for a terminal disease, maybe some of us were more successful than we could have ever imagined and maybe, just maybe we have made the world a better place for those around us.....
I do know one thing for certain I really wished I knew then what I know now 'cause I would definitely do it all over again!
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