Charter Oak

I was here for four years, four very long years. In my classes it seemed like each day dragged on longer than the one before but let me tell you something, it just flew by.

I studied, I worked hard, and never partied. I was popular in a way that i didn't consider any but one my friend, but everyone knew who I was.

I was no nerd, cheerleader or burn out...just a person who never was afraid to give you a smile. I had my share or drama and problems, I was an option for prom queen, and I was definitely a teacher's pet.

It's been longer than three years since I've stepped on this campus and called myself a student. Does any of that nonsense above matter to me now? Absolutely not.

If I was asked what was my greatest part about high school was? My answer would be falling in love. We were so young and fragile. We thought we had the world at our finger tips and everything figured out. We had our future planned out and it always ended with us being together.

I was always told to date and to keep my options opened but for three of my four years, I was with one boy. I saw my world through his beautiful green eyes and that world was magical. It was too good to be true.

I sat at this field for two of the years being at that school and I watched him run those bases like he was running through life. His life was baseball and til this day, it still is.

What I remember and admired most about him? Well, that's easy...he dreamed. No matter what anyone else had told him, his dream never changed. He still is on the path to his dream. I honestly hope he does make it. If not, at least I can say I knew a man who had one big desire and never let it fade from him.

Where are we now? We are our first loves but also friends. At any moment, if he called...I would answer it with excitement and be there for whatever he needed.

Our love was real. Real love isn't something to be thrown away and act like it never existed, it is to always be cherished and to forever care for that person.