I will never forget one fuzzy yet glorious morning back in high school. Well, sort of in high school…
A friend from out of town had flown in to visit and we had a late night out. When I woke, she was still asleep. I didn’t want to wake her, so I slipped out of my bedroom and decided to get to work on some AP English homework. I always had AP English homework. That class was a never-ending sea of poetry and novels to be analyzed.
I wandered over to my book bag to pull out the huge purple textbook when I started laughing at myself.
I didn’t have any homework. I was finished with that class forever!
My friend was in town to celebrate my high school graduation with me!
We had been out all night at the waterpark at Project Graduation. Not only did I not have any homework, I didn’t have anything to do for anything school related! No marching formations or twirling routines to remember, no decisions to be made for the high school paper, no Student Council activities to plan, nothing at all required of me. Nothing. WOW!
My actual graduation is a faint memory. I graduated in a class of about 600, so I remember introducing myself to the two girls I sat between out on the football field in our caps and gowns. And I remember not receiving my diploma right away because I had an overdue book charge at the school library. I vaguely remember walking across the stage and my memory of the waterpark is vague, too. (And I promise this was not due to any excess celebrations. )
But I’ll never forget that freedom and total total liberation I felt when I woke up that morning and realized that I no longer had any AP English homework and absolutely nothing hanging over my head.
Ahhhh, sweet freedom.
This weekend I get to go back and re-visit those old high school adventures at my 20th reunion and, unlike most people I know, I am pumped. I cannot wait to reconnect with my friends and giggle together again. I can’t wait share stories, catch up and compare notes on what we’ve learned and how much fun we have had.
God has given me an amazing life. No, it hasn’t always been perfect or easy. But it has been amazing. And he has given me beautiful friends with wonderful hearts. I can’t wait to see what He has in store for me to learn in the next few days.
And I still won’t have any AP English homework!
What about you? Do you have any favorite high school memories to share?
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I look forward to reminiscing with you!
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