Micki’s Meanderings
Hello Everyone,
Hopefully everyone is finally enjoying the beautiful spring
weather. It’s been quite an eventful winter and wintery spring.
Makes me very thankful for some warmth and sunshine!
Well, this summer I get to go back to my hometown (Rock
Rapids, Iowa) for the Heritage Days Celebration and also for
my 45th class reunion. Yikes!! Our class has been having class
reunions every 5 years since we graduated.
Along with the gray hairs, few extra pounds and a boatload of
other changes, there are some that I’ve noticed since the very first
reunion. Our class graduated from Central Lyon in 1974 and we
had one of the largest classes.
At the first class reunion, a mere five years after we graduated,
some of us were already married, many were not. A few of our
classmates had already started a family. Many had not. But the
thing that stood out at this one was everybody just wanted to see
each other, visit and catch up and enjoy each other’s company.
Then at the ten year class reunion the atmosphere changed a
bit. Everybody had started on the path to their chosen careers,
added to or started their families and many had relocated to
other parts of the country. Again, played catch up and had a
great time.
I think for me I saw the biggest change at the fifteen year class
reunion. It wasn’t as “friendly.” It seemed like there were a lot of
the people trying to impress the masses. Kind of reminded me
of that old movie, Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion where
they told the elaborate story that they had invented post-it notes.
I even joked with my good friend Jeri that we should pull that
stunt with some of the more bragadocious classmates and see if
they caught it. We didn’t, however it was really tempting. Lol!
Then came the twentieth! That seemed to be the year where
we all were most interested in sharing pictures of our children
and bragging on them and it was a fun and relaxing reunion.
The reunions that came after this one were more of the same and
just fun and enjoyable! No more pretentiousness, just downright
great people enjoying each other’s company.
And now with this our 45th coming up I think it will be a
celebration of joy and sadness. Joy because now we can all share
wonderful stories about our children and grandchildren. And
sadness because we’ve lost some classmates and also because
a lot of us have had other losses in our lives. Some have lost
spouses, a lot have lost parents and some have lost children or
grandchildren.
In thinking about attending this class reunion though, I can’t
help but feel deeply blessed. Through all of life’s struggles, I am
blessed to still find joy in every day and that is my wish for you
as well.
Take Care and God Bless,
HERVOICEvMAY/JUNE 2019v3