Well, I have been out of high school since 1968 and after avoiding the reunions for years I am getting brave and will be attending mine this summer. It's funny because I haven't been afraid to see some people, or upset because some that I would love to see won't come, or are gone. So why has it taken so long to even want to go again? For me it is a lot about who I am now and a great deal about who I was then. I was always trying to fit in, and though I may have seemed unafraid to many I knew - I wasn't. In fact it has taken me many years to gain that confidence I pretended to have back then. (I mean I did so much - drama, talent show, and just put myself out there!)
Confidence comes from a secure knowledge that you are loved and cared for, and I know I'm not alone when I say I know I wasn't. But life has changed and I have grown stronger and in many ways more curious about what those around me during those hard times in high school were really like. I am going to the reunion this year. Not because I am unafraid, but more because I want to know some of those people now. (I already know one and want to know her better!! :-)
