Who I’ve Become …

Written on 12/6/21

Today, I found myself smiling as I made my morning coffee…

For me, it’s been sixty years since high school. Back then, I was a modest student … a non-jock … pretty much, as I remember it, just a face in the crowd.  The only things that saved me were “senior chorus” and a group of amateur radio friends, most of whom could have used a little Clearasil.  I was not a member of the “in crowd”.

Edie Lou Robinson was a teacher’s kid; She got good grades, she had a “forever” older boyfriend, and she was accepted by the “in crowd”. But Edie had another trait, she was able to see the good in the nerds, the non-athletic, the average … So somehow, she saw the good in me.

Time passed, people married, found their calling, and spread across the land…  Finally, people began to die … High school takes a deep fade …

I was on the phone with Edie last week, when she related a conversation, during which, she referred to her “best friend from high school”.  The lady asked, “who is she?” and Edie responded, “it’s not a she but a he.”  

Well folks, that “best friend” … is me…