David Blaisdell:  

compared to me. Just kissing. She was very advanced as far as kissing. I'll leave it at that. Old friends remember me? I was a real nerd in high school. "Socially awkward" is the correct phrase. Actually growing up more slowly than others has some advantages. Biggest surprise in life to me is how much fun kids can be. I never had any brothers or sisters and relatives lived a ways off. I really didn't know that much about children. My kids were a lot of fun. Glad I was able to go places and do things with them. About high school they become much more independent. I you have younger children you should treasure those years they are young. You can never go back in time. I am just glad I spent as much time with the kids as I did. Another surprise was my first high school class reunion in 1974. I went but I was very hesitant. I feared that people would say: "Well, here is Dave. Still a student. Maybe someday he'll get a job." I had jobs in the past. a BA from college, army service and I was in my last semester of law school. I will still concerned that people would take being a student negative. It never happened. A number of people came up and congratulated me on being in law school. That felt good. Thank you all for boosting my self confidence. My greatest regret in high school was not being more active in school groups and extra curricular type things. I try to get my kids into these things but have little luck. My personal philosophy? Life can be viewed as a terminal illness. Live, enjoy and experience it as much as possible. It won't last forever. All for now 2-25-08