You know you are OLD, when you attend your 2oth high school reunion!! It's official, I am MIDDLE AGED!!! I cannot believe its been 20 years since I graduated high school. In 1988, it was all about Keith Sweat, Al B. Sure, high-top fades, and stone-washed jeans. In 1988, I saw the movie "School Daze" and couldn't wait to attend North Carolina Central University, a HBCU in Durham, NC. In 1988, I would vote in my first presidential election -- Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro vs. George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle. Who knew what a wacko Ms. Ferraro would turn out to be.
This weekend, I attended my 20th high school reunion. What a difference 20 years makes. Everyone in my class is now middle-aged. Gone are the high top fades, asymetrical hair cuts, and tight 18-year old bodies. Wide hips, pot bellies, gray hair, NO HAIR, and general middle-aged spread are the order of the day. Some people aged-well and some people.....not so much. The hell-raisers are now born-again Christians (one hell-raiser became a pastor) and many people are on their second, even third marriages. And unfortunately, we lost several classmates since the last reunion 10-years ago. The last reunion, I was single with no prospects. This time I a married mom of a two-year old.
High school reunion's are a funny animal. I remember my mother talking about her own 20-year reunion when I was a teen, and she mentioned how she'd forgotten the names of many of her classmates. At the time I thought she was ridiculous, I just knew I would never forget my classmates. And yet this weekend, there were several times when a classmate approached me, I looked at their name badge first because I could not for the life of me remember their name. And those who didn't wear a badge, I just smiled and laughed and acted like I knew who the hell they were.
In 1988, Kool Moe Dee had a hit with the "Wild, Wild West". That was our theme song, since our school was named Westover. So I dedicate this to the Westover Senior High School Class of 1988!
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