Subject: Re: some thoughts
From: skonklesr@aol.com
Date: Fri Jul 10 2009 - 12:09:20 CDT
Diana,
What a wonderful note!? Thank you for sending it along.? I have also been on a crash diet to slim down a bit for the reunion...so far I have gained another 5 pounds.? I too am looking forward to seeing everyone, and I hope to God we have name tags (with very large print) because I don't expect to recognize everyone either.? What is even more of a concern is that someone will introduce themselves standing right in front of me, and I still won't have any idea who they are.? Oh well, at our age perhaps we can be forgiven.? Thank God I have my dog to take me for a walk everyday or I'd 1) get very little exercise, and 2) never find my way home.? See you soon.
Steve Konkle
-----Original Message-----
From: Diana Reif <dianareif@yahoo.com>
To: ohhs59@venus.soci.niu.edu
Sent: Fri, Jul 10, 2009 5:15 am
Subject: some thoughts
Hello everyone
Diana Smith here. Did I send this to the entire group? Did I follow Jim Thomas's
instructions correctly?
As we approach the reunion, I have a few fairly unimportant thoughts to share.
First, I have looked thru my '59 Legend (which I am bringing with me) and also
checked out the photos on line. Try as I might, I still remember most of you as
on the day we graduated, in spite of having seen recent photos. I still picture
Harry Rosenzweig with curly black hair. Of course my now-white hair was once
black too. Second, I had no idea how much fun (and mischief) all the boys had
untill I read your posts. Those of us who lived far from school, and those of us
with steady boyfriends (no, I never did marry him) were really out of the
loop.What a dud I must have been. Third, my heart goes out to you, Barb Frost,
and I hope your daughter is doing well. I have a fond memory of shopping with
you downtown, probably in the 8th grade or so. I thought you were so cool.
Fourth, Dave Gaskin, remember to ask me wht you did that opened a whole new
world to me. Hint, it has to do
with food. Fifth, I am grateful for the ongoing contacts and friendships I have
kept up with over the years with Karen Greenwood, who I wish lived closer, Susie
Clemens (who I see fairly often b/c we live near one another), Karen Carpenter,
Annie Archer. I look forward to catching up with the rest of you. Sixth, please
forgive me in advance when I don't reconize you. Seventh, to save time, (sort of
like Evan Ginsburg's idea, I am married to my 3rd and final husband, I went to
law school late and have been practicing since age 40, and like many of you I
have kids and grandkids. I am so very fortunate to still have my mother, at 95
and in GR, so I will also be visiting her. I live summers in the Blue Ridge
Mountains of N. Georgia and winters in Key West, which is the home my heart
prefers. Eighth, I only have a week to lose 20 pounds, so I guess you will
probably see me as I am today and have been for many years. Oh wel
l.
I am sure we are all wondering what we will be doing in a room full of "old
people." Since we were all born mostly in 1941 (a few in '40 & '42) I guess
there is no escaping the plain facts. I look forward to seeing all of you,
renewing old frienships, and being embarrassed about who I don't recognize. See
you soon.
Ottawa Hills High School Discussion List - 1959
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