True Confessions

Okay, so now that you got me thinking about 30 years ago, and some, not all, of the cobwebs are gone, there are some interesting and quite possibly entertaining events to write about. And I thought all my ideas had vanished! Suddenly, there's a whole new decade to write about!

But high school. What can you say about 4 very swift years except, it is truly a miracle I live to tell about it. I guess I did everything you would find typical of a high school student: I played sports until I felt I had to choose between one group of friends and another-and I chose the wrong group. I was in the school play, until my senior year when it was not cool to be part of that group. I had good friends for three years who wondered why I suddenly stopped hanging out with them. I honestly barely remember my senior year..sadly, I missed out on some defining moments, I'm sure.

Cool stuff happened, like Alan B Shepard (yes, the astronaut) spoke at our Freshman dance. Funny stuff happened all the time...mostly because my French teacher was the football coach and half his team was in my class so they could pass in order to play.Or when I tried to run winter track. I hate to run. I used to go out for my run and have friends pick me up half way. I tried to run hurdles, except I was way too short, and it looked more like a hop over the hurdles rather than a graceful stride.
Sports were big, I tried out for cheerleading but pulled a muscle in my back during try-outs. I tried out for basketball but before the final cut was made, the coach, who was also my math teacher, told me they had enough guards. Tough Luck.
Dumb stuff happened-mostly when I skipped school-like the time I skipped school and forgot I was being inducted into the National Honor Society that night. Oops!
I was good on the outside, and got good grades, just like I was supposed to, but I had this streak of irresponsibility and rebelliousness that still exists to this day.

Do I have regrets? Some...but things turned out okay.
Thank goodness we all grow up eventually and find our way in the world. Sometimes it takes a little while to figure out the road you're on is a dead end. Sometimes you just need to have patience and faith and stay the course..traveling just a little bit further down that road than you want to. And sometimes, just sometimes, it's enough to follow your heart to get to your dream.