Do you remember when?

How long has it been?
1945, you opened my blue eyes
To see a whole new light
Do you remember when?
-Dear Bobbie, Yellowcard


I forgot about how much I used to love SHS band. You would think that I would start rejoicing about my "wonderful" senior year of band, but there isn't much to rejoice about. Sure, I won the John Phillips Sousa award and so I was going to be a Music Education major. So what? That doesn't mean I enjoyed myself. I simply was going to miss being in high school band and it was hard. So I became bitter. I lost a lot of good friends. I didn't even want to go to band awards that year. However, I got to college and realized I missed the SHS music department from time to time. I did have Alma's Kiltie Marching Band which helped but it wasn't the same. This year, I came back to band awards and realized a few things. 1. I grew up. I did things I told myself I wouldn't, I learned from my mistakes, and looked back on my success stories. 2. I'm not supposed to fix everything! I always think everything that falls apart is all my fault but it's not. Some things in life are supposed to remain mysteries and many things don't get solved ASAP. 3. I really just loved how the night went. Everyone who got their awards deserved them and I re-realized how much I loved everyone in the room. The band slideshow was pretty sweet too.


Point is, I've changed for the better. My senior year shadow is continuing to fade. Thank goodness.


And this is what I remember. Do you remember?