Keith McDonough:
CLASS OF 1976
Central Regional High SchoolClass of 1976
Bayville, NJ
Bayville Elementary SchoolClass of 1970
Bayville, NJ
Keith's Story
It is cliche, but also true, that time passes quickly, and like most of us I guess, I wonder where so many years have gone. Yet despite that, when I think back to those school years, it seems as if I am peering through the haze of another lifetime. Perhaps some of that has to do with who I was during that time, a clueless kid, full of self-doubt and insecurities, always looking inward instead of out to the wider world. This made me pretty much invisible, but I didn’t mind. It was safer that way. It was a bit of a problem though, when it came to the crushes I endured, of which there were more than a few. Some knew of my affections, like the girl in elementary school with endless blond hair and knee socks, a...Expand for more
nd some did not, like the one in high school with short black hair and the most beautiful face I had ever seen. I suppose at the time they were the source of some painful longing, but I think of them fondly now. In fact there was much about those days that I loved. Like being in the classroom. Learning something new, the challenge of taking tests. Those things were exciting to a smart and overly sensitive kid, and it was there that I was in my element. There was baseball, something I had a bit of talent for, and very briefly made me a little less anonymous. I remember the day we graduated, the feeling of freedom, mixed with a bit of pride, tempered by a few tears of sadness for what was being left behind.
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