"i'll stop the world and melt with you..."

as i was speeding back to the office after lunch, that song was playing on the radio. this particular station has a themed lunch hour everyday and today's theme was Summer Romances.

this song stuck out to me b/c it reminded me of a mix tape someone gave to me once. what ever happened to all of those old tapes, i wonder... what is it about summer romances that still makes my heart ache? all of those past summers, most prominently in high school (most notably after i had my braces taken off). is it the fact they would only last a few months? the destined break-up where each pretended that they wanted to hold on forever, but really would not have gotten involved if it had the possibility of lasting that long?

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i am going through some of our storage in an effort to clear out and get rid of stuff that we don't really need to hang onto. i came across a picture of these friends i had every year at camp; as campers, on staff. the picture was labeled "best friends" and we were all hanging on to each other like we had been caught laughing. i don't want to get rid of it, even though i only keep in touch with one of the crew. maybe it was b/c we were all there growing up together, experiencing the joys of adolesence and making plans for our future, simply being there when families were torn apart or distant... it's so strange to think back on your past and the people who were inevitably a part of your growing up experience. it wasn't like i chose these friends. we were all thrown together b/c we were all the same age. but somehow through that, our hearts linked up in a way that i can't ever forget. so i placed the frame in my office to be reminded of the people who somehow shape your heart. next to all the pictures of heather and elizabeth and kim and natalie and brigitte.

scott, lee, kim, jonathan...

posted by Kelly @ 1:02:00 PM