It was something about seeing people that were more than just your former classmates in the same school at the same time, it was reconnecting with some folks you have longer than 60 years experience with. It was the thrill of not knowing who was going to walk up to you next and whether you'd need to read their name tag or not. Age lays well on our class, so many people looked even healthier than before, way back! We're spread apart far and wide now but there remains a golden thread which winds itself around and throughout the Class of '64 that has never broken. How quickly the years melted away when someone stopped and called us by name, how swiftly memories surfaced reminding us that although our lives moved on after June 4th, 1964, something remained in tack.
I think in part it has been that big gorgeous lake that dominated our lives then and now, Elaine, Suzie and I wound up our reunion stretch of days with a 4 hour trek on a pontoon around the whole of White Bear Lake. It isn't so obvious how the lake has shrunken when you're out on it, of course the shock shows itself from place to place but it is less obvious than when standing on shore. Oh my goodness, the wild and funny stories that hopped out of each of us as we rounded the bend from bay to bay! We DID grow up in a safe environment at a fabulous time. First year Baby-Boomers were blessed with much we probably still don't know about. However, our class reunion reminded me of many many of the perks, as they say, and how very fortunate I was to grow up in the place I did with the kind of people who were there!
The only thing I saw wrong with this weekend was how fast the time went! The Committee gave us a gift that will last forever, THANK YOU for your many hours of devoted work to see this event happen without a hitch! It was superb in every detail!
There are too many folks I never got the chance to speak with and somehow and hopefully that might happen yet. Right now I cannot think about that because each day has been a savoring of those exchanges I did share! So many, so satisfying, so splendid, so little time to tell how much they mean to me and say proper thanks to them for how they influenced my life!
God Bless each and every one of you and may you have everything you need and a WHOLE LOT of what you want! Stay healthy and be well!
Warmly, Jim D.