The weirdest thing about a high school reunion is the sudden time shift. It’s as though we have all been suddenly immersed into a science fiction movie about time travel.<\/p>\n
People you know are instantly many years older than they were just a moment ago. They are the same people that you can swear you were just speaking to, except that years have now gone by, seemingly in an instant.<\/p>\n
Children have suddenly been born and have grown up, or someone now has a new husband or wife — and you may learn they have been with that “new” partner for years.<\/p>\n
It is certainly an interesting experience to compare notes with your friends about time travel has affected each of you. But it’s not something that you want to do too many times.<\/p>\n
Because it turns out that you only get so many rides on the time machine. More tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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