Subject: RE: Reflections on our Reunion
From: Jim Gaikema (jgaikema@batsonassoc.com)
Date: Wed Jul 29 2009 - 14:03:51 CDT
3/4 of an inch, right, the rest was Evan's magic!
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From: ohhs59-bounce@venus.soci.niu.edu
[mailto:ohhs59-bounce@venus.soci.niu.edu] On Behalf Of Ernest Horn III
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:50 PM
To: Ottawa Hills - 1959
Subject: Re: Reflections on our Reunion
Steve, Jim, Evan and Coffee summed things up pretty good. It was a
beautiful thing, a beautiful time and a beautiful place to be. Special
thanks to the organizers.
By the way, I checked and I did grow 3/4th of an inch since June 8, 1959.
Ernie H.
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:17 PM, kay millar <kaymillar@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
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> Beautiful reflections, Steve. Very well said. I couldn't agree more. --
> Kay (Karen) Carpenter Millar
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> [mailto:ohhs59-bounce@venus.soci.niu.edu] On Behalf Of skonklesr@aol.com
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> To: ohhs59@venus.soci.niu.edu
> Subject: Reflections on our Reunion
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> After having a few days to reflect on what just took place at the Hilton
> Hotel in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I have a few thoughts that I'd like to
> share with all of you.? As I look back on the evening, and some of the
> events preceding and even following the evening, I am as much struck by
> what
> I did not see and experience, as I am by what I did see and experience.
>
> I hope that all of you did not see and hear the same things that I did not
> see and hear.? I did not see a Homecoming King or Queen, or a Jock, or a
> Wimp, or a Nerd.? I did not?see a single rich kid, or bully, or
delinquent,
> and there was nobody there from the wrong side of the tracks.? I certainly
> never saw a Cheerleader, or anyone that wished they were a Cheerleader.?
> I?did not see?anyone with a label "First String", or "Second String", or
> "Bench Warmer".? And nobody had a reputation for being a jerk, or a
snitch,
> or even "Hot".? And isn't it odd, that nowhere in the room was the fat
kid,
> or the girl with the big boobs for us to leer at or snicker about.
>
> What I did see was a whole bunch of warm and wonderful people that had all
> made a particular effort to travel back to Grand Rapids, so that just for
a
> few hours, they could share a moment or two with people they had known and
> loved a long time ago, and just wanted to have a chance to let them know
> how
> they felt one more time.? What I did see was instant and spontaneous hugs,
> and smiles, and even kisses, and "oh boy am I glad to see you" looks.?
What
> I did see was a room full of people who were "connected" by time and
life's
> experiences to one another in a way that only they could appreciate.? The
> warmth, and the friendship, and the love for one another that transcends
> all
> of the things that I did not see.? Because that's the way we all have come
> to know it is supposed to be, because that in fact is the true legacy of
> the
> OHHS Class of 59.
>
> As for me personally, all I can say to you all is, stay well, stay happy,
> thank the Good Lord for your blessings, and if you are faced with pain and
> sorrow, my God grant you Serenity to Accept the things you cannot
change.??
>
> I hope?we have the opportunity to get together again soon, so we can talk
> and spend time with all of those that we didn't have enough time to talk
> and
> spend time with at this last wonderful event.
>
> My love (and my wife's love....she's an adopted part of our experience
now)
> to you all,
> Steve & Alex Konkle
>
>
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