A Little Bit of Me: friends, memories, & pictures

After high school ended we all wondered who was going to remain your friend, who was going to change the most, and who was going to never be seen again. So I'm half way into my second summer home from college and I am taken back by all the good and bad changes I see in people, relationships, and behavior of the people who at once I knew like the back of my hand. Along with thinking about present change I can't help but think back to the "good old days" of care free high school. I absolutely cherished high school, without a doubt. However I wish I could hold onto more than memories and pictures. Wouldn't it be nice to have something more, maybe even tangible and/or visual. Sure reminiscing with friends while looking at pictures does bring you back (what me and shaver did tonight), but I wish their could even be more. If the past is what shapes who you are, shouldn't you remember it by means more than your human ability to store memories. Now, please, I deff have memories that I do not want to go back too. No way. Do not take me there, anything but that. But, I wish there was a way that you could choose certain events, memories, conversations, emotions, and life experiences and somehow have the ability to relive them. Maybe not even reliving them but having the opportunity to be re-stimulated by certain emotions once felt. Examples: first kisses, prom nights, home coming victories, winning that big race, and even the feeling of walking down the hallway to class. Additionally, wouldn't it be awesome to have the chance to return to specific experiences in your life that you really didn't pay much attention to or count them as valuable only to realize later in life that it was actually a big deal, life lesson, or experience that determines who you are. Don't they say hindsight is 20/20. I know I'm talking crazy talk but my brain is just wondering. I can honestly say I've been blessed knowing some amazing peers in my life. The friends I've made from middle school on are still in my life, and I cherish the relationships I have with each of them. I heart NE. Posted below are a whole lot of photos from way back when they start is 8th grade and go to senior year of high school. Man, have I had some good memories with some wonderful friends. I love my life.