To my graduating class from high school,

Hey guys! It’s been a while!

How has life been treating all of you?

Whenever I think back to high school, I am overcome with a sense of nostalgia; the familiar faces that used to surround me in class or that I would frequently pass in the hallway are now filled with ones that are foreign to me. It is weird to have gone from seeing all of you every day, to barely seeing any of you.

We have all grown up together, from learning to read and write in elementary school, to going through our awkward stages together in middle school, and finally, to finding ourselves as young adults in high school.

As students in a small school district like ours, we all knew each other very well, and for most of our lives. News traveled fast through our school, and we practically knew everything about everyone. Now, we are all scattered across the world. News about our now-former peers doesn’t travel as fast, and we are not all kept up to date on each other’s lives.

Though our graduating class was small, there were many people I was not close friends with. Some of you were just peers in my classes, faces I would constantly see in the hallways. It is weird to think that because we were not close in high school, there is a good chance we will never see each other again.

Let that sink in a little.

The people whom we have all grown up with may never cross our paths again. That person who we have worked on that science project with, or sat next to in math class, is just someone who is now only a memory from our pasts.

I am not sure about you guys, but that makes me feel sad. I was so ready to leave high school, and break away from the “bubble” of a community I grew up in. Now, as a college student, I think back to the day of our high school graduation, the last time we were all together. Are we all ever going to be together again?

I am forever grateful for social media, as it enables all of us to stay connected and somewhat unified. We are able to keep up to date with the lives of our former peers from the photos and posts they share. We are able to see what our former peers are accomplishing as they continue on their journey through life.

Though we were all not best friends, we are all unified together through the memories we have shared in and out of the classroom for thirteen years of our lives. I hope that our paths cross again, and that we are all not just a memory from the past.

Please stay in touch.

Sincerely,

Your former classmate