My reunion is coming up...

My high school reunion is this fall. Due to a scheduling conflict, I doubt I’ll be attending.

I’m trying to fill out the profile information. The address, spouse, kids and where I work are pretty straightforward. It’s the memories section that I’m struggling with.

What does it mean that I can’t easily answer the question “Favorite High School Memory?”

My friend Dan and often compare notes about our lives. We have come to a conclusion: the best time of his youth was high school, mine was college. He tells stories about high school, I about college. He hangs out with friends from high school, I from college.

So, what does that mean?

I remember the day I graduated. I wasn’t excited. I was… embarrassed? I didn’t end up in the top of my class as I was expected to (looking back, I know the top 12% of my class wasn’t bad) I remember sitting in my cap and gown at the ceremony and feeling... so disconnected. I wasn’t part of the group of people sitting around me.

I have never figured out exactly what that disconnection meant.

One of my classmates once said that you forget the bad things and remember only the good. What does it say if I can’t remember the good? Was there really none, or have I just not thought hard enough?

I’ll ponder. Maybe I’ll share when I figure it out.

In the meantime, have fun at the reunion y’all. Have one for me.