This weekend I came back to Athens, GA, for my 45th high school reunion, Class of 1980, Clarke Central High School. Walking into those reunion spaces felt like stepping into a time capsule, except some faces blurred, some stories slipped away, and plenty of people looked nothing like the teenagers I once knew. Some classmates looked like life had been heavy on them. Others stared at me with shock in their eyes, like they couldn’t believe how much I’d changed or hadn’t. A couple even asked me if I had children. That one made me laugh. Of course I do! Maybe they didn’t remember, maybe they thought I was too…