My Life as a Domestic Goddess: So over that high school thing…

Tonight I went to a high school graduation. Each time I take part in this ritual I am transported back to the night I graduated high school and how I felt like it was the end of the world. Thinking back on it I was absolutely crazy. I hear people talk about all these awesome experiences in high school and how those were the best days of their life, and I am amazed that I feel the complete opposite. Yes, I did have some fun times and I met some great people, and at the time I felt like the memories I was making would last forever, but looking back those moments weren’t that significant in the whole grand scheme of my life. I did have moments of clarity, moments that shaped me into the woman I am today, but I realize that the most important moments of my life happened after high school and much of what I have learned about life came after I left those hallowed halls. I have learned what real love is, what it means to put the needs of others above my own, and what matters most in life. I do have a few memories of high school and when we get together and reminisce more memories come flooding back. I am amazed that the times I think back on and feel so fondly about are the memories I have made with Drew after high school and not the memories of Friday night football games or even hanging out in the hallways at school. Kids think that high school will define who they become and for many people it will. I on the other hand would like to think that the moments and events after high school made me who I am today. That the things that happened after I left East Memorial Christian Academy taught me who I should be. I thought leaving high school would make me lose who I was, but instead it made me discover who I was, it gave me confidence and strength that I never knew I had. I think being sheltered and in that bubble that high school was, made me comfortable, but it didn’t make me grow. But like I said before even though I am so glad I am out of high school, there are still people from high school that I love and hope will always be a part of my life even when the memories are long gone. Here are a few of those folks:

My BFF Jenna P. Sanders