old footprints
Recently had a mini-reunion with my elementary classmates. Amazing! It's been 30 years since I last saw some of them. So much has changed. The child you knew then came out to be a different adult now. Not only physical attributes have changed, emotional, spiritual, etc. I had fun reminiscing with them.
During that time we were checking out class pictures and boy have I forgotten a lot of their names. Some even their faces. Memory gap! But I was moved at how some of them remember me. Aside from consistently being the class president I was also always top of the class. One of them remembers how we fought for that spot during grade 6. We were very competitive then.
But that was not what moved me, one said "inspite of being #1, you were always down to earth. you would always approach those having a difficult time and was willing to teach us then." This person loved to tease me then. He was so naughty and noisy that I always had to put him on the "noisy list". I told him I was his favorite person to tease, and he said "yeah, you were my favorite then, and you still are my favorite now." hahaha Didn't know what that meant but I guess it's a good thing.
I am just happy that I left good old footprints for my batchmates to remember me by. The honors and scholastic achievements were just a bonus. Making a difference in my own little way was what mattered. And after 30 years, being remembered as the kind of person I was, I feel elated and successful. =)