Class reunion

I just got an email about a 20 yr class reunion in the works for the E.C.S. class of '86. That would be for me. 20 YEARS ?!?!?!? Have I really been out of school that long?!?!?! I don't believe it. Although I was also just looking through my Senior yr yearbook... Holy Crap!!! I guess that was a long time ago. A LOT has changed. I didn't really keep in touch with many of the people that I graduated with but I do hear stuff about some of them "through the grape vine". My family still lives pretty close to the area where I grew up and went to school.

E.C.S. was a small, very Baptist, private school. Very strict, very religious and lots of rules... dress codes, hair codes, no dances, etc... Their way was THE ONLY way... When I first started there in 7th grade I think I was OK with that. But even before I graduated I was questioning what they were teaching/preaching. Not just religion-wise, but that whole life style or attitude that "This is the only way to be... if you're not or if you disagree, you're wrong". Thank goodness I went out and expanded my horizons. Not everything I've done was "good", but everything I've done has made me who I am now, and I'm pretty happy with that.

Anyway, got a little side tracked there... I think I'll be looking forward to the reunion. Ya know... Show off my wife... show off the kids... see how everybody's doin'. I spent a lot of time with my class and I guess part of me wonders "What's UP!?!?"
me, 1986. It doesn't get much cooler than that.