A blast from the past....

Tonight a friend from high school posted a group pic from my senior Winter Formal. There I was, in the same dress as a friend (oops!) with my high school boyfriend. This is the same person who just got engaged. It was a strange moment, looking at this picture, trying to remember who I was at 17, thinking I was "in love", that my whole world was going to revolve around many of those people in the picture..... I think I am "friends" with only 2 people in the picture, there were about 20 of us in the picture. Oh how times change.

Hearing that your "first love" is engaged is enough to take you back a bit, but getting that news as you are looking at a high school pic is another sort of trippy. To add another fun element, I was cuddling next to my adorable, loving hubby while I was viewing all this. My husband, whom I love, who has just spent the past 4 days exhausting himself taking care of his sick wife and daughter. What a strange moment! I had to stop and think, could I really see myself with my high school boyfriend as an adult? Hmmm....as much as I try, nope, not at all. I can't imagine myself with anyone other than my hubby; isn't that how it's supposed to be?

I love getting the chance to walk down memory lane with these photos, but it's also really interesting to me to see how other people can see the same picture. As I am reading the comments underneath people are talking about what a great night it was, what great people, how people helped form them into who they are and all I can think is....what the heck did I miss in high school?! Yeah, high school helped developed who I was, but I remember very few details about that dance, I don't recall most of the people in the picture, and I sure as heck don't think it was a pivotal moment in my life. All this from one picture.....or maybe my cold meds are stronger than I think......