A Major Case of What-If-Itis

17. The Fates Will Find Their Way

This is a well written book about a group of boys and how their lives are changed by the disappearance of a girl from their high school.  They seem to imagine ever possible scenario to explain what may have happened to her while completely ignoring what is actually happening to them.  She is their ultimate escape from reality.  She stays young and beautiful, while they get older and fatter.  She can move freely while they are stuck in the same town they grew up in.  She is free to love and free to leave while they are tied to the responsibilities of their families. 

What stuck me most is how all of this is so true! What is it about those high school years?  Why is it that those people seem to be the ones who define you for the rest of your life?  Even though you continue to grow, get jobs and have families, why is it that we feel perpetually 18?  It actually reminded me about how much time I waste regretting things I have done or said, wondering about people who are gone, instead of paying attention to who I am and what I am doing now.  I may not have always liked who I am but that does not mean that I can't, and don't deserve to, like who I can still be. Maybe my own fate will soon find its way.