What a great class reunion with a great group of folks! No one could figure out how 30 years have passed so quickly! Life flies by.....
the ladies of 83
the men of 83
the reunion committee! they did a super job and now everyone is ready for our 31st class reunion next year:) Everyone had such a good time, they don't won't to wait 10 years again!
Jim & Terri
Gernett, Terri & me
then we added Lisa:)
my best friend Angela....nothing is better than having a childhood friend that you stay close with forever:)
Love this picture:)
Merrio and me, we've been friends for a long time too
Sweet Kristen
OMGosh let the fun begin:) Lots of laughs!
Thomas and his sweet wife
The reunion was just sweet, everyone happy to see everyone else....at this point in life, you start feeling like a survivor to make it this far! We did have a table for our classmates who have passed away and we had about 12 who are gone. But we didn't forget them! That was good of the committee to include that.
This whole weekend has been a time to reminisce for me. I didn't get to see everyone I wanted to or even go everywhere I wanted to go up here but it's been great. I think when you have a milestone like 30 years out of high school, you start realizing life is passing by. Many of my classmates have lost their parents or are dealing with their parent's health issues. We start realizing that life is so short. It seemed like yesterday we were graduating from high school but it's been 30 years! There was quite a few conversations along those line!
There was a really ironic moment during the slide show for me. In the section, of our Senior class trip to Mexico there was a picture of me holding a Mexican baby! I had totally forgotten about that but there was this cute baby and I just had to take a picture with her. Everyone was laughing and saying it was prophetic of me adopting all my kiddos:) Going to Mexico was the first time out of the country for me and we saw some extreme poverty even tho I'm sure the guides tried not to focus on that. I remember being very moved by some things I saw back then. Although I doubt I ever thought about adoption back then!
At the end, the last song was our class song "Time for my to Fly" by REO Speedwagon. It's really a very appropriate senior class song. We all got out on the dance floor and did a circle and held hands, danced a little and sang it. I think everyone was a little choked up. Life is fragile and short, it's good to have the friendships and relationships we have. Our class has lived long enough to know life can be hard, we have all had various heartaches and stuff to go through but we've made it through and "flown" But it's good we can fly back together every now and then:)
So I head home after church today. One thing I loved hearing last night, as we were all getting ready to leave, lots of folks saying how they had to be up for church this morning! I just hope that they all made it up cause we were tempted to stay asleep LOL!
So God Bless the TCHS class of 1983 including the ones who couldn't be there!!!!! And I hope He brings us all safely back again to our next reunion (and brings some of the ones who didn't make it too!!!!)
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