Catching a magic moment.

Right Now. I instantly go to the Pepsi commercial... 1994, and then I go to Mrs. Bryant's first period English class. Andy Bridges suggested the song. I was third seat. First row. Judith Taylor; Shawn Thurber in front of my desk. Christy Bowerman behind me. To my left, Ladonna Bosley. Kristi Furr. Kim McBride.  It's funny I can remember that, but can't remember to get toilet paper until I'm back on the road headed home from the grocery store. What gives? 

 

Right now, hey 
It's your tomorrow 
Right now, 
C'mon,it's everything 
Right now, 
Catch a magic moment, do it 
Right here and now 
It means everything 

We just had our 20th Reunion Weekend. Nothing fancy, but simple and easy.  It was a small crowd, but we were a small class.  As I laughed during the evening with our classmates, it hit me, Right Now - that moment was our tomorrow 20 years ago. I am pretty certain that in May, 1994, we didn't really care if we seen the majority our classmates 20 years later or not. We'd spent the last 12 years together. We'd seen it all. Everyday. We had witnessed each others paths, the good, the bad, and the ugly.... hit fast forward (& someone hit it quick because WOW, it's flown by); June, 2014, the path from 20 years ago, the good, the bad, and the ugly... it didn't matter.  We laughed. And laughed some more.  And laughed again. For some of you that may not know, I married my jr.high/high school sweetheart. At one point, I looked down the table at the Mr. The Mr. laughs a lot. Everyday. But this laugh was different, he was laughing in a manner that I have not witnessed in years. This laugh was special, it made a 20 year comeback. The laugh could only be produced by childhood/teenage guy friends. Lucky Ross to be exact. It was good to see that laugh on my husband's face again. Matter of fact, it was good to see the laughs on lots of faces last night. I caught a magic moment. Right here and now, it means everything. They say laughter is good for the soul. 20 year old laughter is really, really good for the soul and so is the time with friends that remember the original magic moment.