10 years

Graduation is approaching for the class of 2007, and I can't help but think back to 10 years ago when I was in the graduating class of 1997. Looking back it can seem forever ago, and then again it almost seems like yesterday. I wonder all the time about what if's and what could have been and seem to think this is not what I thought I would have been doing or where I would be in life.
Losing a classmate and best friend in 2000 was what I thought to be the end of the world, but after a very difficult few years I met my husband and now have a wonderful son who is the light of my life.

I know that when and if the 10 year reunion happens that it will bring up alot of feelings that are going to be beyond my control and I know that there are alot of people who I can't wait to see and others who always thought they were better than everyone else. I have learned that everyday life to an extent is like high school, the rumors still happen, the backstabbing still happens, and it just gets worse the older you get.

True friends are truely hard to find I have been in contact with a few from school and I can say that there is one friend who I now have that in school we were both believed to have hated one another only to find out neither one of us hated the other. I have apologized to her and I hope that I will get to see her and her family in person other than in pictures.

I think we need to have a friends reunion, just the close group I was in in high school, how I long hear about their lives, family and every day journeys. It's been a bad few months and I can't thank my friends enough for the encouragement and the help they have given me. Since getting married in 2003 it has been a rocky, curvy road for me but we are stomping and beating down that horrible path to clear the way for our son. We will have soon be able to say we made it through hell and back.

So to the class of 2007 stand strong, keep in touch and good luck.