The Days We Spent as Classmates

Three years may not seem like a long time, but they laid the foundation for our friendship. We went from strangers meeting on our first day of school to classmates who had spent three years together, from childhood innocence to the awkwardness of adolescence. Little by little, we would grow into adults. Time really is a wondrous thing. If youth were a jug of wine, time would be the yeast that made it richer and more fragrant. I never knew time could pass so quickly. In the blink of an eye, graduation was here. It all felt as if it had happened just yesterday: the laughter of our classmates and our teachers’ words of wisdom still echoed in my ears. None of it felt real. Youth is a dream, and the years flow like water…