My high school graduation dress...1978.

June 9, 1978

36 years ago!

I thought I was all grown up but realized that although I was 18 at last, and graduating from Windermere High School, I didn't know everything as I had imagined I would.

I wrote in my journal: "I wonder where I'll be 18 years from now..."

Now it's been another 18 years from "now" which I find unbelievable.

How the time flies when you're having fun!

This pretty baby blue dress was purchased from a store in McMinnville OR in 1977, the summer before, at a sale; it was only $15.00 US! It fitted me perfectly except for the length.

A few days before grad I was frantically hemming the delicate fabric ruffle and the lining.

I believe I weighed 92 lbs at the time. My parents gave me the lovely corsage from Crest Florists on Kingsway in Vancouver BC, and I had my hair done at Collingwood Coiffures in the same block.

This was one of the happiest times of my life.

By Loretta Houben