Sister is a High School Grad!
This morning, I went to my sister's high school graduation. I haven't been back at an OBHS event since I graduated (well, I went to one choir concert after I graduated, but other than that I just haven't been back.) So 8 years later, it was sort of a homecoming. To see my sister graduating, to realize just how far I've come since the day I walked up those same steps at the sports arena in Trenton and received my empty diploma folder.
First off, I'm so proud of my sister. I know she struggled in some of her courses, but she made it through and she's going to college. I have no doubt in my mind that she has all the potential in the world. She just needs to be challenged and pushed to do her best. I look forward to seeing what life brings her way. I was so proud I cried during the ceremony, just thinking of how proud I was.
I didn't really know many people at the graduation. 8 years is a long time. Seems most of the teachers had retired. They did a bit where they announced the teachers retiring this year, in that batch was my high school guidance counselor and a former math teacher of mine. It's so crazy to think how in high school it feels like everything will last forever, and then life goes on, and high school is like this weird dream where your mental state was questionable yet wonderful, where the whole world was at your fingertips yet you had no way to reach out and touch it.
When I graduated high school, I believed I would really do something special. Become a famous costume designer, or something else. Then I went to college and discovered that college was really just high school point 2, except I had more room to explore who I was. And then life flew by and here I am. Happier than I've ever been. Still finding my way. But the one thing I am now that I didn't think possible in high school was content with being pretty darn average. My life is exciting in that I work for a cool startup with awesome people and get to be part of building something new. I do community theatre for a hobby and that's fun, even if I'm most often in only a few numbers. I have a great boyfriend who is as anti dramatic as they come, who grounds me. I am oft like lightening and I always need grounding. I live in a beautiful area, I still feel like anything is possible in my life, but I no longer have this longing to be a celebrity, I don't want all the attention on me, I don't want crazy dramatic love. I just want... pretty much... what I have. And I feel so lucky to be able to know how that feels. I hope that my sister, and everyone else, has that, or can feel that in their lives.
And that's all I have to say for now. Oh, and that I need to lose 30lbs for my HS 10 year reunion in 2 years.
First off, I'm so proud of my sister. I know she struggled in some of her courses, but she made it through and she's going to college. I have no doubt in my mind that she has all the potential in the world. She just needs to be challenged and pushed to do her best. I look forward to seeing what life brings her way. I was so proud I cried during the ceremony, just thinking of how proud I was.
I didn't really know many people at the graduation. 8 years is a long time. Seems most of the teachers had retired. They did a bit where they announced the teachers retiring this year, in that batch was my high school guidance counselor and a former math teacher of mine. It's so crazy to think how in high school it feels like everything will last forever, and then life goes on, and high school is like this weird dream where your mental state was questionable yet wonderful, where the whole world was at your fingertips yet you had no way to reach out and touch it.
When I graduated high school, I believed I would really do something special. Become a famous costume designer, or something else. Then I went to college and discovered that college was really just high school point 2, except I had more room to explore who I was. And then life flew by and here I am. Happier than I've ever been. Still finding my way. But the one thing I am now that I didn't think possible in high school was content with being pretty darn average. My life is exciting in that I work for a cool startup with awesome people and get to be part of building something new. I do community theatre for a hobby and that's fun, even if I'm most often in only a few numbers. I have a great boyfriend who is as anti dramatic as they come, who grounds me. I am oft like lightening and I always need grounding. I live in a beautiful area, I still feel like anything is possible in my life, but I no longer have this longing to be a celebrity, I don't want all the attention on me, I don't want crazy dramatic love. I just want... pretty much... what I have. And I feel so lucky to be able to know how that feels. I hope that my sister, and everyone else, has that, or can feel that in their lives.
And that's all I have to say for now. Oh, and that I need to lose 30lbs for my HS 10 year reunion in 2 years.