High School Reunion: Going?

Sandy, a close friend, recently shared that she went to her high school reunion.  The first one she ever attended!  And she's retirement age.  Sandy had a perfectly delightful time and was overjoyed to be with those of her classmates that had survived to their ages now.

But why do so many we know fear their high school reunions and never, ever go to them?  What exactly do they fear? Appearance has got to be one fear: will I look older than everybody else?  Sandy's experience was about the same as mine.  Most of your old classmates look their ages, one or two look nearly the same as they did in high school, and several will look old enough to be your mothers.

Another fear: if you were bullied or persecuted or not in the "in" crowd, will you be treated the same as you were in high school?  No, I've never heard of that happening.  Now there is no "in" crowd.  Everyone is just happy to be alive!

My gradeschool has had several reunions.  They were wonderful and even exciting - especially the first one, after 25 years.  It was so comforting to see all my 'brothers and sisters.'  It was nice that all of the shorter boys had grown, some very tall.  It was nice to meet all the wives and husbands that came.  The twins were there. (One has since passed away because of cancer).

One of my church pals went to her distant high school reunion several years ago.  She was a widow and reconnected with one of her former boyfriends who also was recently windowed.  Now they're very happily married.

It's amazing that some of our teachers came to several of the reunions.  They must have been very young when they taught us!

If you get the opportunity to go to a school reunion, give it a try!

YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A NICE DAY WHEN:
  *you've just put your last dryer load in and it's still early. . .

  *you dared to try on an old but barely used pair of pants on the mending pile and they're way too big . . . you'll have to take in at least 2 inches on each side. . .

  *it rained over 2 inches yesterday and you won't have to water the outside flowers and tomatoes. . .

  *you actually had a bit of time to spend on Facebook catching up with friends. . . and 99% of the comments were positive . . .

  *when you got on the scale earlier, it was a whole pound less than yesterday. . .

  *you tackled finishing cleaning out the stove oven and lower drawer and even cleaned out the microwave, too . . . how could that drawer collect so many crumbs!. . . now two items can be checked off the "Spring Cleaning" list . . .

  *All is Well!