I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing my nephews grow up a little bit at a time in their school activities. When my sister’s eldest was in school, he was in drama for a while, and it was great to see him on stage, growing from a kid to a young adult. In the last few...
Read more →Since the last few days have been about nostalgia, yesterday’s post ended up making me think about life in middle school, and what I remembered most from my mid school years. Because we moved across town when I was 9, I ended up attending junior high at Eisenhower Middle School- home of the Eisenhower...
Read more →This last August, I enjoyed going to my 30th high school reunion, if nothing more than to see a bunch of faces that I, 30 years ago and some, used to see day in and day out at school- although, in much younger versions. That’s the thing about reunions- for those that go, everyone...
Read more →When I started high school, I was a kid in transition. I was growing at odd intervals. My acne ebbed and receded like waves on a beach. I was in a lot of activities, and I was pretty anonymous in all of them. And I was adrift socially (as I have often been since)....
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