While growing up my step father was in the Army so I attended many schools. Including one that is near and dear to my heart Stuttgart/Ludwigsburg American High in Germany. From time to time I look at the schools website. ( I spent my 7th, 8th and 9th grade in Stuttgart) So I really only spent 9th grade in that school but because it is a military school everyone that attended at all in encouraged to become a part of the website since military kids move around all the time. Anyway I was looking at the website and as I see the alumni that passed away breaks my heart. 30 years ago seems like another lifetime but I remember these names as young, vibrant kids. And now I see that some have passed from all sort of things. Other names are familiar but thier faces do not come to me, and when I pull out the year book, I see them and remember.. and now they are gone.
As I am looking over these names of young teens that I knew once..the song "In my Life" keeps playing in my head, and tears come to my eyes.
When did everyone grow up? While it seems a lifetime ago. It also seems like yesterday.

All these kids I knew are now grown up and have children older then we were then.
Time goes by so fast. Where did 30 years ago?

If your young and you think that it is hard right now....
there is another song that comes to my mind for you. It is by Trace Adkins .. " Your gonna miss this"

I guess I am just mouring the passing of my youth. I do this every 5 years or so.

You are not the only one! Between watching recordings of Quantum Leap with Sam leaping into himself as a teenager (a two Kleenex box extravaganza) and looking at pictures, I wax nostalgic all the time!

I am 46 so I am at that age. Too young to be old and too old to be young! Yes the good ole days were absolutely the ones I grew up in!

I also love that Trace Adkins song! Kids don't realize when we are young all we think about is growing up as fast as possible to be adults and when we are adults we wish to be transported magically to our childhood for a few days.

Such is life!

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I don't look back too fondly on my childhood. My favorite years were from college until before my Dad passed away when I was 36. I went back to my college for the first time in over 25 years and I couldn't believe how much it had changed. It was the first time I really felt wistful. Another time was when I was looking for a friend from post-college who had moved to CA. We had fallen out of touch and I hoped to reconnect. I googled her name (she had an uncommon last name) and I got her obituary. So sad.

I know it just doesn't seem real when someone I went to school with passed away. While I have not seen nor talked to many of them when I see that they passed it is really sad. I only see them as teenagers. I guess when your young you feel immortal, but as age rushes up on you that feeling soon leaves.