20 years...Really?

It's amazing to me, that no matter how hard we try...time continues to move forward at an alarming rate.

This past weekend was my 20 year High School, class reunion. I really can't believe it. I have been trying to wrap my mind around it, but it doesn't seem like it could possibly be that long since I was in High School. I know that I don't look like I did 20 years ago. I have after all, had 5 children, and been through an awful lot in the years since then. But I don't really feel any different. I feel like I could still be 18, though my body may not react the same way it did then. I can feel the creeks, and pains that now accompany me everywhere. I know that I didn't have those, back then. And despite my best efforts it is harder and harder to do the things I used to do.

This weekend has given me a little bit of life perspective though. Knowing that this date was coming, back in January, I set a goal to loose X number of pounds so that I wouldn't look like I do now. Well, of course I didn't hit that goal in time ( I did loose some weight, just not enough ), but do you know what? Everyone looked just like me ( well, there were those 5 that were skinny, but even they had aged ). Everyone was slightly overweight. Some of the men - and even some of the women - had lost quite a bit of hair. We all looked like somebody's parents...And those who were my friends then, were still my friends. It was fantastic to catch up, and it made me realize how important so many of these people were to me. So many of them, I had known since kindergarten or before, and have not seen in so many years, it's kind of sad. I didn't realize it before, but I have missed them.

The amazing thing about life I guess, is that it continues. Time moves on despite our desires to freeze it where it is. No matter what, tomorrow, I will be another day older. It is time to embrace where I am and enjoy every minute of it. Because before I know it, I will be at my 30 year reunion, realizing once again how much I've missed.