Erin Liley

Glory Days

Dancing the last dance at the party for our graduation was emotionally mixed. Exciting, yes, however, I knew that this would be the last time I would see many of the people I shared high school with. I had been asked by a couple of friends to go with them to the graduation party, but the fun had just begun. In my small community, everyone knew everyone, especially each of us from the four high schools in the area. We would get together at our part-time jobs, our lunches, and at our house parties. We had initiations in grade nine, but now that would be called 'bullying'. The important thing is that we at every age, stage, and grade got along and supported each other. Through our personal trials, public speeches, air bands such as Janet Jackson, Gun's and Roses, the Rolling Stones, and fashion shows... and our relationships with our teachers, we could derive heart and soul. Whether in a physics class or amassing at a local diner with our math teacher playing guitar, we didn't know how special those days were because we had to grow up.