An Era Gone

An end to an era was announce this past Sunday, July 2, 2017, at the Blackwell Memorial School Reunion. Since 1991 there has been a Blackwell Memorial School Reunion every two years during the fourth of July weekend, in Elberton, Georgia. Former students of the school would come together, remembering the old times and catch up on the changes that living has brought into each other lives.  Like so many other events, the reunion attracted a specific age group of people; I will not ruminate on why, but simply mention it here.

Funny how time brings about such a myriad of predictable changes and yet we are always taken by surprise when change occurs.

Time, one of the many factors that humans can monitor but not control, has a way of taking charge, making us realize that the cycling of life is a truth and not just an illusion that we witness on a television program. Twenty-eight years after the initial reunion, the organizers of the reunion announced that it was time to bring in the young and because Blackwell Memorial High School was from an era gone by, the name of the reunion would change. No longer will it be known as the Blackwell Memorial School Reunion but rather it will now be known as “Home Coming”.  

Named to attract all age groups, only time will tell if this event will endure. The Blackwell Reunion has made its mark on history and will endure in people’s hearts.