I am thankful for Cory Gatlin.
I first met Cory in the 7th grade at the academic center at Morgan Park. There we had many memories as little kids running around a high school. Us students were often loud, obnoxious and annoying but these were the funnest times I have had. Cory and I didn’t socialize together much at Morgan Park and after graduation I definitely thought I would never see this person again.
When we graduated from Morgan Park, I went here to Whitney Young and Cory to Lindbloom. However, the first day of sophomore year, when I walked into my division room, there he was sitting at a desk. Not only had he transferred into Whitney Young but he was also now in my division. The last person I saw this person, we were walking across the graduation stage in white gowns. I found it crazy that someone from my past (someone I had completely forgot about) was now all of a sudden in my life again.
I had many fun memories at Morgan Park and have been fortunate enough to still have some of the people I made those memories with still with me today. Cory is a constant reminder that nothing is ever over. You may not ever see the last of someone. No matter what, I have realized, parts of my life and the people in my life are reccuring and can pop back up when I least expect it.
It is cool that years later I have friends like Cory, that I thought I may have once lost, still with me.
