we are having a garage sale this weekend.
which means pulling boxes and boxes from our yucky basement.
and then i found this.
oh yeah!
a box of high school treasures.
this has been boxed up since 1994.
i don't recall the ribbons…swim team maybe?
notice there is only one blue ribbon.
and a journal? ugh. i dread peeking in there.
a Seventeen from 1993…all about prom…what else?
my letter. with no pins. i got it for cheerleading.
our high school newspaper…the Keystone.
a high quality piece of literature.
and check that picture of my mom at the top.
nice.
digging deeper into the box…
a medal for safety? WHAT? i have no clue where i would have gotten that.
a graduation annoucement.
and oh my goodness.
do you see that yellow box?!
top secret notes.
passed everyday of high school.
i started reading them…and man it is crazy.
there were notes from boys.
even some from craig!
notes from my closest friends (all about pizza hut and going shopping).
and some from the totally cool upperclassmen that i worshiped.
after an hour or so of reading here is what i realized:
1. i was boy crazy…and so were my friends.
2. i was such a brat…broke one boy's heart…
and apparently told a big lie about someone kissing someone that never happened. ???
3. my own daughter is normal.
the notes i read of lauren's (yep i read them) are just like these!
pretty funny stuff.
i'm going to go read some more.
Nicole - I’m seventeen and currently on a youth exchange..
We still write notes.
I threw out my Love notes before I left for my exchange.. I regret that now.
they were so cute..
Memories = D
Texting is overrated!!
Chaos-Jamie - I found my box the other day too. Yikes. Teenage angst is scary. Scarier still when I know I have to repeat it again with my kids!
traci - what a treasure you found. i would have sat around reading all those and not got a darn thing done for the sale.
lorel - When I read this, like Jennifer P. I thought of the texting teens, but how weird/sad it will be for them that there won’t be any notes to go back and read years later to remind them that their children are normal too.
Jennifer P. - Do you not agree, oh fellow high school letter writer, that we would have been just like those crazy-thumbed teenage texters we probably both roll our eyes at :P?!
Jenn - Meg – I also have a box of stuff like that from HS and College – the notes I think are the best to read. I always laugh at what I thought was the most important thing in the world at that time – it was all about me, boy crazy and can’t forget the drama. Caught our teenager on the phone the other night at 2:30 AM! According to her she was “Needed” by her friend and she was “Saving the World” for her 🙂
southernseven - I have all the letters that my hubbie sent from Marine Corp bootcamp(between my 11th and 12th grade ) and when he was in Desert Storm. I was 22 when he went to Desert Storm and daughter was 4 months when he left. They are funny to read, and heart filling also to remember how scared I was that he would not come back. Isn’t it so sweet to revel in the memories a moment. I have a tape my brother made when I was 5. My dad left that year. My brother got a tape recorder for Christmas and taped the call from my dad Christmas morning. I told him everything that I got for Christmas. Then he taped my Grandmaw and mom talking while making dressing and dinner. My mom died when I was 17 and granmother died later so it is so precious. Just to be able to hear their voices.
Jill - I just thought about all of my high school notes recently. I think I chunked them many years ago. We folded them a certain way and you would pull a little corner sticking out. I think I could still fold one. I’m going to try right now. 🙂 ~Jill
Staci - Man–how great! Everyone is finding little boxes of treasure! Maybe it’s a good thing my Mom tossed mine 🙁 ?? Sounds like you’ll be up late doin’ a little reading! Have fun!
Allikayesmama - Oh! When I go through those old notes it makes me feel all weirdly old! And I don’t blame you for reading your daughter’s letters! I probably will do the same thing! And I KNEW my mom read mine! :0)
April - Oh Meg, that is great stuff…I kept not one letter…why did I toss all of that stuff…probably some teenage angst that caused me to toss it all…..DRAMA !!
kristin - oh, i have a box like this in our loft…i have to be in the right mood to go through it.
but i think i should when naomi is a teenager….thanks for that perspetive…
Lee Ann - My mom just brought me “my box” that’s been at her house all these years. Fun to look through. Lauren is normal. It’s fun for me to watch…..knowing my girls will be there someday.
Liz - This is too funny. I would KILL for all my notes from highschool. But I burned them… too scared mom would read them while I was at college. 🙂
mom - Darn-I had stuff to bring to your garage sale. I thought you were going to let me know when it was so I could bring it.
Wondered where that picture of me ended up! Glad you kept those notes – I remember reading a few of them and they were funny and scary to me! Better hide them from Lauren!
And is the $2 bill from Grandpa O?
traci - how fun are memories!! But mostly you realize your teen daughter is “normal”. Im almost there with my almost 12 yr. old and OH BOY are pre-hormonal girls A MESS!!!
danelle - Oh oh oh! I wish I had kept my notes too. That box looks like so much fun to go through. Have fun!