BACK IN THE DAY WITH MEL..Montgomery Pride! inspired by my friend Darlene..

  Back in the day with Mel.. Montgomery Pride..
    I've communicating with friends from the past .. and what I'm finding out is despite all of us growing up and getting careers and raising kids. We are still kids at heart, What I mean is we still have our insecurities and our fears about the future. I know the past is done and as much fun it is or was to look back , those days were awkward times. We have storming hormones and wild thoughts and dreams.. I mean I think I loved or liked every girl at school,. I had flirty eyes and a flirty mouth , no wonder no real girlfriends back in the day. Am I sad , no not really, to be honest we will all to young to really know what is love? We were too young to decide on what we would wear that day? But we all went through the motions of being happy and being silly to hide the fear and ego issues we had. Right? If you were shy , you acted tough and wanted to be different than your real self.. Describing myself ,maybe. If you were ugly you acted like your were fine or good looking and no matter what people said , you didn't care.  The smart ones studied hard and was afraid to get low grades, I recall taking a class with Grace , and we competed on grades , I think she beat me at the end but the competition was fun and electric.. Was I a good student ., yes and no  I think I had a 3.5 grade point average and was accepted to SAN DIEGO STATE , LONG BEACH STATE, but I applied for USC , UCLA.. but the classes I choose were not at that level , despite the grades. So I settled for Southwestern College. Getting my AA degree in Pre-law,, yea I wanted to be a lawyer , at one time. I also wanted to be a martial arts star like Bruce Lee. Studied Theatre arts as a minor and did some plays and stand ups at Southwestern and SDSU, I even auditioned for a Taco Bell commercial back in the day,. I did extra work for some movies , but I got frustrated so I went into law enforcement , and eventually Military.. So , what am I getting at.. Back in the day we all had wonderful dreams about being something big. But reality sets in and now we are working hard , worried about our kids , our bills , mortgage payment. Life.. But one thing hasn't changed , that is our pride in our school and our class mates. Its a great feeling , even after all these years away from them , we all still care and love one another. If you had a connection with old friends its still there , but if you didn't years away does nothing to that relationship right? I think one of the things Ive discovered about my old friends is that they don't care we you live or what you earn ? Or what kind of car or house you own,, if anything  i found they care about how are you? The person , the soul, the friendship. You can't make connections happen , it's either there or not.. >? But one thing for sure I'm glad the friends I have reconnected to Alvin , Jeff , Guy , Glenn , Rose , Soly , Kathy ,Janie, Cat , Carol , and especially Darlene ,  wish all you well and hoping someday we get together and share that Montgomery , South San Diego Pride that never left us.. To those friends I  love you all.. and Thanks for accepting in our busy lives,.,.Take care always and enjoy the memories I pass down because they are all precious and wonderful.. A Mel Paras Productions@2011/...