In my life there have been several people who I grew up with, until about the 4th grade. I have often wondered where these people have gone. What are they doing? What do they look like today? Are they married with kids yet? I wish I could find these people and talk to them. I have actually found one girl that I went to elementary school with until the 4th grade. I had heard she moved really far away, but really she's actually right down the road from me. No lie. Seriously.
the first person, if given a chance to talk to, would be Jennifer. I don't remember how old I was(I was younger than 5, I know that), but she lived about 5 houses down from me. she had bright red hair, freckles. I don't remember her face but I knew she had a brother that lived upstairs, their stairs were spiral. I remember them being spiral because I remember thinking they were awesome. Haha. I don't remember her mom and dad but I remember he grandma, she was nice. One day I went to her house and Jennifer wasn't home, but her grandma let me in anyway(thinking back now, I don't know why this lady would have let me in without my friend being there). I knew her dog, a rottweiler, had puppies. I walked down the hallway and into the room where the mama dog was. I turned to leave because I was just going to look at them, and the mama dog lunged and bit the back of my leg. I still have the scar. I don't know why, but I never told anyone from her house what happened, I just left. I don't ever remember talking to this family again after this happening. It seems like when this happened we just stopped talking and they moved very shortly thereafter. After I got bit by her dog, I walked home and my memory fades as I walk out their door. My mom still has those jeans that I was wearing the day I got bitten, and they still have droplets of blood on them. When my parent's pass, I would like to get those jeans and keep them, I know it's sounds silly, but I do. I don't think I'll ever forget Jennifer and how much fun we had in that short amount of time. Another memory I have is my brother and his friend Trey were playing outside, for some reason there were lots of kids on our street that day. I remember me and Jennifer carried an aquarium around, a small one and it was FULL of toads and snakes. HA, can you believe that?? I loved catching toads and those little grass snakes, I still do. Every time I am at my parents house and Daisy is there, we go outside and look for "nakes"(it's what Daisy calls them). I remember letting them go and they scatter like roaches, it was so funny. I don't think Jennifer ever said goodbye to me or my family, but we had good memories.
the next person is Dean(he wasn't a friend, just a memory). Dean lived down the street, directly across the street from our elementary school. At that same time(I'm still BFs with Tara and Dana) I was best friends with Tara, Dana and Michelle. Sometimes our moms would allow us to walk home because really, the school was a short distance from all of our houses. Every time we walked home, Dean would follow us and throw rocks at us and chase us. Dean was a chubby kid, I remember thinking he was REALLY ugly. I'm sorry, he was. One day Michelle was running a bit slow and Dean caught up with her(that day it was only me and Michelle). She yelled to me to run and I did. I didn't stop for a long long time. Dean was really mean to her. Michelle and Dean were separated by one house, but we never hung out with him..ever. I don't remember when he left, but his house is now dilapidated. It's boarded up and looks like ghosts or junkies could live in there. His house, before he moved, was really old anyway. It seemed to be a big 2-story house and it was white. I wonder where he is right now, I wonder if he ever became more handsome(I can't imagine that he has) and met someone and has kids. I hope one day I get to find out.
And the final person is Shane. I used to remember his last name, not that I would have said it here anyway. In the 4th grade, he was tallest and the cutest, everyone had a crush on him. Even my friend Dana, who until the 10th grade couldn't talk unless someone did for her because she was SO shy. Dana confided in me one day, telling me she had a major crush on this boy. Shane had brown hair that was always parted to the side with that little wave in the front. He had a small gap between his teeth and talked with a small lithp(haha, kidding, lisp), his freckles were only concentrated across his nose and nowhere else. His eyes were hazel. Please don't ask how my memory of him so good, I don't know. After lunch every day we got to have recess for about 30 minutes. One day at recess I ran to him and told him Dana had a crush on him, he stood there, not saying anything while he played with another boy at the tether ball pole. He could've care less. I didn't tell Dana I had told him that until years later, she was surprised but she couldn't get mad. By that time we hadn't seen Shane in many many years and he was just a little school-girl crush. We both laughed it off and we still laugh about it today and surprisingly, she still turns a bit red when I mention it. Shane was a well-mannered boy and I'm sure today he is a very successful guy, he might have a really pretty girlfriend or wife with beautiful children. He was never mean to the girls, I'm sure his parents were terrific people. He was smart, very smart. (Another thing about him I JUST remembered: Dana, me, Michelle and Tara were the cheerleaders for our elementary school and he was a cheerleader too!!)
It's really weird how often I find myself thinking about these people who I haven't seen nor talked to in over 10 years. I wish I could run into these people and be like "Hey, I went to school with you, remember me"?! I doubt I'll get the chance, but it'd be nice just to see what these people's lives are like. Did they turn in junkies? I hope not.
Are there people from your past that you often think about? What are your memories of them? Have you ever come in contact with them?
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Actually, I found a girl on Myspace I hadn't talked to in years. Added her. Found out we got in our relationships in the same year, 2 weeks apart. And our kids are just 9 days apart! Weird, huh?