More Nostalgia

Lost: Too many high school memories

Found: Two boxes of slides from

a junior year trip to Europe.

{thanks to Radnor Archives & Mary Anne Morgan}

Linking up over at

Melissa's site

July's word: Found

Maybe those were the days....

So....imagine this. Alarm sounds...and I roll over to check my iPhone (of course) to find I'd been tagged on Facebook...in a group of photos from high school.

I was stunned.
And {can I just say} it's more startling to be stunned first thing in the morning....you know, before coffee, in that hazy place between wanting to face the day and wanting to stay in bed!
But there they were. Photos of ME.
From my sophomore year - some time in the mid seventies.
Yes, I said mid seventies.

Now, you have to know one thing about me to fully appreciate this. I have a terrible memory. Especially where my childhood and adolescence are concerned. I think they call it blocking things out. Who knows. I've been 'analyzed' and ... lets just say, between me and my brother we could probably come up with about one calendar year's worth of memories between us.
So, when I say stunned, I mean it.
I look at these photos and cannot believe my eyes!
I don't remember laughter. Or hugs! Or throwing a friend a surprise party (that's me holding the cake in the first photo!) (at MY house!)

I don't remember hanging out on the school lawn, or having a friend who played guitar...

And....forgive me for this...I look at that young girl {me} and she takes my breath away! Why didn't I see her? Why didn't I know that I had beautiful hair and a great smile? Where in the world did I get the notion  idea belief that I was fat??!! It's all a bit overwhelming....cause the "me" that lives in my mind and the "me" that I see in these photos - well, they do NOT match! Not even a little bit!





As the day has worn on, my shock has turned into a huge {inside-my-heart} smile! And I am so grateful to the long lost high school friend who found these and posted them! And to the friends in the photos - for bringing me smiles, then and now. I think it might just be time to reconnect.




Linking up HERE