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mood: nostalgic nostalgic
Been wanting to pay a visit to Iowa to see my nieces, and just now this unexpected e-mail found its way to me, inviting me (more or less) to my 15-year high school class reunion. Maybe it's time for a vacation. I never could resist a hog roast and keg.
subject: hello, friend

I think I have reached the person I intended to–                             ,...class of 1988. If not, please accept my apology and delete this message.

I have enjoyed myself in tracking you down. What an amazing, wonderful, rich life you are leading! (Do you own that record label, or record on it, or both? I'm fascinated!) It makes me somewhat sheepish to tell you that a reunion is being planned– a hog roast and keg– for next month. It's a long way from Seattle to southern Iowa, both literally and figuratively speaking! I apologize for the short notice, and for being presumptuous. Frankly, I didn't think you'd plan to come, even with months of notice. I'm not sure I want to go and I live just up the road. Scott actually roped me into helping him with a few things, so I feel obligated to go now. It's funny; I live [nearby] and I have not seen anyone we graduated with for years, with the exception of Val. It's probably more sad than funny. I had no idea that [the town where we went to high school] is such an island, but the more I think about it, I think that's exactly what it is.

Things are well with me. My husband and I have four kids. Sarah is almost 14, Kate is 12, Joey is 6, and Andy is 4. I teach English at the high school...and my husband is a sixth-grade teacher. We have a cat and a dog and a mortgage– everything but a white picket fence.

I hope to hear from you. I'd be glad to carry any messages from you to the reunion. You can reach me at this address, of course, or at my school address, which I've listed below.

Sincerely,
Molly

Posted on Aug. 28th, 2003 at 06:36 pm | | Communicate | 12 communications |

Comments


happy2beso

That's so cool. I love emails from old friends.
Posted on Aug. 28th, 2003 06:58 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

overcast

*gasp!*

Your nieces are beautiful! In that top picture, Amy Lynn looks a lot like Randall did when he was that tiny, only Randall had black hair when he was born. :)
Posted on Aug. 28th, 2003 07:28 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

banzai

Aren't they gorgeous? Good genes.
Posted on Aug. 29th, 2003 08:30 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

chippa

You graduated 2 years before me. My ten year coincided w/ me having just gotten married . . . but it kind of creeped me out. I felt like the HS experience was still too close. Let me know how #15 is.
Posted on Aug. 28th, 2003 07:46 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

banzai

Still haven't decided. But it is a hog roast and keg, and that's damn tempting...
Posted on Aug. 29th, 2003 08:31 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

gdj

So, are you going? Huh, huh? :-)

I haven't gone to any of my reunions and I regret it now! What city in Iowa, if you don't mind telling? I was born in Keokuk, Iowa!
Posted on Aug. 29th, 2003 05:20 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

banzai

Born in Ottumwa here. Still mulling over whether to go, but you never know...
Posted on Aug. 29th, 2003 08:32 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

barlow_girl

Isn't it strange?

Funny how people can take such different paths - close, far, married, single, four kids, record label...God has so much more imagination than I do!!
Posted on Aug. 29th, 2003 06:17 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

banzai

Re: Isn't it strange?

This, of course, reminded me of Grover's "Near...Far!".
Posted on Aug. 29th, 2003 08:41 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

barlow_girl

Re: Isn't it strange?

one of my favorite kids' books. my other favorite Grover memory is the book "The Monster at the End of This Book." Good times.
Posted on Aug. 29th, 2003 08:44 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

banzai

Re: Isn't it strange?

Grover may be a monster, but he isn't the scariest muppet on the Street. That honor goes to Bert:
Bert is evil
Posted on Aug. 29th, 2003 08:53 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

barlow_girl

Re: Isn't it strange?

I can totally identify with that kid. I have an innate fear of costumed people. Snow White at DisneyLand - terrified. The Hamburglar at McDonald's - ran away shrieking. Why do they think kids will go for that stuff? The faces have no expression, they're like 48 times bigger than the child is, and they talk funny. The kid is scared? Go figure.
Posted on Aug. 29th, 2003 09:14 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply