Sunday, March 28, 2021

Fifty One Years Later

Sometimes life takes interesting turns.

In March of 1970, I was a senior in a high school in the Bronx (a borough of New York City).  In June of that year, I graduated, and matriculated that September into a commuter college about half a mile away. 

In October of 1970, I met my future husband, who was in one of my freshman classes.

Several months later I met his family (who did not live in the City), including his sister, who was then in elementary school.  She always enjoyed her visits to New York City, and eventually moved there.  Meanwhile, I, who never liked the city life, escaped as soon as I could.

Fast forward to 2021.

We are a year into a pandemic, the scope of which would have been hard to imagine in 1970.

Yesterday, I got a text from the woman who became my sister in law.  She attached a photo.  She told me she just got her first vaccine shot, and asked me to "guess where I got the vaccine".

The photo was of the front entrance of my high school. I recognized it right away. It hadn't changed much in 51 years except I think the color of the doors is different. I haven't been in the building since I graduated. I was supposed visit it last year for an alumni reunion but COVID took care of that.

We texted back and forth a little. She told me about walking from the subway stop, and passing by my college on the way to my high school. This neighborhood is nowhere near where she usually travels in the City, and she was there only because it was where appointments were available.  But, here she was, walking (so to speak) in my 51 year old footsteps.

Now, imagine someone came to me in March of 1970 and told me about these parts of my future.

Would I have believed them?

7 comments:

  1. ...I graduated from a city high school in 1964, but not in as big a city as you did.

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  2. In 1970 none of us could ever have imagined ...

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  3. Ha! No! One, you probably wouldn't believe you'd meet your future husband in just a few months! I find it hard to imagine the building is still in use. I don't think any of my old schools are. Maybe they were older to begin with and not earthquake safe for CA.

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  4. I can only agree with songbird. In 1970, none of us could have possibly imagined where we would be in the world today or what that world would be like.

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  5. unbelievable that you still remember the building after 51 years.... just from photo.... you must have sweet memory....

    Have a great day.

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  6. 1970 I was 10 years old, graduate from high school in 1978.
    Coffee is on and stay safe

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