The reunion

The reunion was lots of fun. We had about half the class members there, along with all the spouses and rugrats. Well, some of them were too old to be called "rugrats." Quite a few classmates of mine have kids in high school, and even college. Man, we ARE old.

There were only a few people I didn't recognize right off the bat. Mostly, we look the same, just older. And a lot of the kids look just like their parents. I know, duh, but when you see them side by side for the first time, it's kind of suprising.

We started the day with lunch in the park, mingling and getting caught up. Most of them had a head start on me, as they'd all met at the Horseshoe on Friday night. From what they were saying, it was pretty wild. And the class packed the place. So lunch was probably a bit quieter, heh.

Later on, we had dinner at a swanky new restaurant in town that was more swank than anything else. But one of the classmates had prepared a Power Point presentation of pictures from yearbooks back to middle school and then and now pics of our senior portraits and family pics we sent him. It was funny, and touching, and great to see. He's going to put the presentation, along with photos from the weekend and from our 10th reunion, as well as some other info onto a DVD for everyone. It's a lot of work, I'm sure, but greatly appreciated.

We also got to tour the high school, which has changed a lot since we were there. They started building a whole new section in our senior year, but didn't finish it until after we were gone. So for a lot of people it was the first time they'd seen the changes. And we were told we were the first class to get a tour. It helps that the current principal was in our class!

Overall, it was a great weekend, and Sunday I was just exhausted. I needed to do laundry, but ended up doing nothing more than watching the "KyleXY" marathon on Family Channel.

And then some sad news came yesterday. One of the members of my breast cancer support group died Saturday evening. She had entered hospice care about a couple months ago, realizing that she was just prolonging the inevitable. She was still getting out for awhle, but I guess the last couple weeks took a turn for the worse. I didn't know her all that well, but I admired how she faced knowing that her end was near. She had great faith in God, and said even though she was sad her time here would be ending, she approached it with joy as well because it meant she would be in God's glory. At Friday's Relay for Life, she had so many luminaries in her honor -- all the way around the track, you saw her name again and again. I'm sure many were from fellow members of her church, which was just across the street from the school. I don't know if any of her family made it there to see them all. I hope they did, and that they were able to tell her about it.

Rest in peace, Carol.