"I
always knew looking back on the tears would make me laugh,
But I
never knew looking back on the laughs would make me cry."
Ah, the yearbook. A brilliant idea. It reminds you of your past without making you relive it. When an unwanted memory came creeping back into your mind, you just put the book away and do something else. I decided to go back through it before the reunion, which started in about two hours. I open it up to my class and look at how everyone looked back then. There are a few people I still keep in touch with, a few people I talk to everyday, and some people I couldn't wait to get away from. So much has changed since then. All my problems seem so simple looking back at them. My eyes scanned over the page of my classmates before settling on someone I hadn't seen since third grade: Joey. I remember he made me cry - well, almost. He picked on me 'till the point where tears brimmed my eyes and threatened to spill over. Then he asked the stupid question "Are you crying?". He left me alone after that. Looking back now, I laugh when I think about it. Boys could be really stupid when they're young. They can also be stupid when they get older, too.
Naturally, this reminded me of my friends. I've seen them get their hearts broken a lot. I however, am a little more cautious when it comes to falling in love. They jump right in. Which, naturally, reminds me of the 8th Grade Ski Trip. The pool was my favorite part, and I won't forget how one of my friends was so nervous to jup in, but after we got her to do it once, we couldn't get her to stop. I wiped the tears from my eyes before they had a chance to ruin my makeup. Thinking of happy times was always bittersweet. I missed my friends, but you have to keep thinking about people or else you forget them. I never want to forget my friends, and I couldn't wait to see them tonight. It would be a night of remembering the past while still looking towards the future.