A million years ago when I attended the prom, all my friends got dressed and ready in their own homes and proceeded to one friends house for the "pre-prom." Pre-prom for those of you who are clueless is the gathering that occurs before the prom for all the parents to see all the kiddies decked to the nines. From there, the kids hop in their oversized party bus which these days resembles more of a tractor trailer than an actual bus and depart to their elaborate prom in NYC.
While all this is emotional for the families and fun for the kids, it has come to resemble a bit of a circus. The house that held one of the numerous pre-proms had valet parking, a tent, food, drinks and lights flashing all around. The only thing missing were the elephants (please don't make me go there, I'm trying my best to be nice these days). And while you'd think that I would find this excessive and I do, I was more taken aback by the amount of mobile uploading that was occuring.
While the seniors should be enjoying one of their final occasions with their friends, they were too busy posting their pictures to Facebook. They were literally one foot onto the party bus while checking their phones for Facebook updates on who had posted pictures.
And the posts continued from the actual prom! Snap a picture with a cute teacher, upload it to Facebook. Snap a picture of your best friend making out with her boyfriend, upload it to Facebook. When are we going to just stop and literally live in the moment? I'm not sure. But if I can teach one final lesson to all graduating seniors it would be just that: Live in the moment and don't let a single second pass you by (while you're uploading your pictures to Facebook)!
