It's an interesting thing, leaving and returning to your hometown nearly 20 years later.
I've made new friends and it doesn't bother me at all to see them in the role of "Mom." After all, that's what we are.
No, what gets me is seeing my old acquaintances rockin' the minivan.
I realize this is shallow. I drive a minivan and it is perfectly normal. I rejoiced the day my first one arrived. It was like driving a house. And when my daycare kids were over I wasn't housebound. It was awesome.
But there are people who will never look right to me because I didn't see them transition from muscle car to minivan. They're just.....there. Driving one. All of a sudden. Like time has passed or something.
I am living Marty McFly's nightmare. Thank goodness *I* am still 17.
I've made new friends and it doesn't bother me at all to see them in the role of "Mom." After all, that's what we are.
No, what gets me is seeing my old acquaintances rockin' the minivan.
I realize this is shallow. I drive a minivan and it is perfectly normal. I rejoiced the day my first one arrived. It was like driving a house. And when my daycare kids were over I wasn't housebound. It was awesome.
But there are people who will never look right to me because I didn't see them transition from muscle car to minivan. They're just.....there. Driving one. All of a sudden. Like time has passed or something.
I am living Marty McFly's nightmare. Thank goodness *I* am still 17.
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