Coming Home- The 30th Reunion

Dave and his wife, Chris, Dan and Bob.

This past Saturday was my 30th High School reunion. Yes, if you do the math, I'm reaching those years...*wink*.  I hadn't been to any of my previous reunions. See, I'd graduated a year ahead, so many of the people who I grew up with graduated after me. I knew a lot of the people I graduated with but they weren't the people I spent my elementary school years with. In a group of only about 60 in a graduating class, we all knew each other. 

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Kerry and his wife, Rob and Scott

I went this year though. My husband wanted to go. I wasn't going to be alone, my biggest fear. Also two close friends said that they would go too, if I did. So we all at least knew each other was going to be there. Rob and Scott and I all had last names at the back of the alphabet. Fortunately, they placed us in alphabetical order so we always sat together. I got to know these guys pretty well. While I'd never dated Scott, I did date Rob for about five minutes. We just didn't hit it off... we were too much like cousins or siblings.

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Larry and his wife and my friend, Jamie.

I'm really glad I went. I did get to see some people I hadn't seen in thirty years. Chris and I were very close and I loved seeing him, especially since he played again. I enjoyed sharing all the people with my husband who is very special to me. It was nice to combine the two parts of my life. 

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Chris, David and Dan- The boys are rocking again!

While many of the same people who hung out together in high school, continued to sit together and hang out even after all these years, I found myself smiling and laughing over stories with familiar faces. I saw people I hadn't seen in years and liked to hear that they had remembered my mom or something from the past. The absolute best part of the night was when a group of my friends got up to play their instruments again and sing! They were in two different bands when in high school and I loved that they still played. It was like being back in school again. The years slipped away and I felt myself come home.

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Scott, Mr. Keir and myself chatting it up!