My daughter just got her sixth-grade yearbook. I love flipping through the pages to get to know the kids whose names get tossed out throughout the year.
But I really love seeing how kids sign the book. Most are short messages, as expected from a texting generation. Many jot down their cell numbers. Some sign, "Text me!" Other, "HAGS," which mean have a great summer. And I smile. Wow, times have changed.
I can't find my sixth-grade yearbook. But I found one from junior high. It's not exactly fair to compare the two. We get a little more verbal as we grow older. But the messages are primarily about how sweet, cool, nice, nerdy or whatever I was in the minds of those who signed my book. How it was great to get to know me. How our class rules and summer will be a blast. A few suggested "Call me!" with a house phone.
There aren't any TTYL, B4N or L8Rs...though, L8R did show up later. And now I feel old.
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