At 17
I was listening to the radio today as I headed to Wal-Mart and I heard a song that I once identified with. "At 17" by Janis Iam. It was a big song back in 1975 as I graduated high school. The verse said "At 17 I learned the truth, that love was meant for beauty queens, high school girls with clear skinned smiles who married young and then retired". I laughed as I heard the song today. I turned to Matt and said they ought to do a follow up song called "At 37", where you could really see what happened to those beauty queens and the high school girls with clear skinned smiles who married young and the retired. I have my own thoughts and observations on this at seventeen I was so insecure. I was afraid to leave home. I was supposed to go to Romney, after high school. They said I could come and do some post graduate work. Get some skills I didn't get in high school such as typing, maybe improve my math skills ect. It was a...