September 11, 2022
Dear Family:
Last week Alena had a birthday and 3 great grandchildren
Cooper, Emery and India went to preschool.
I love the photos. Laura
Schnell’s birthday is September 16. Glennda and Scott are in Lake Tahoe and
they have tons of smoke too. I don’t’
know if those of you who live out of state realize that we in the Pacific
Northwest are living in smoky skies from lots of wildfires and wind blowing the
wrong way. We are hoping that we get
wind coming off the ocean soon and clear it all out. We had a Big Band Concert that was postponed
yesterday because of it.
You may find this hard to believe…….but my 60th
high school class reunion was today. I
was a little nervous because I had to go alone.
Previous reunions I had Cheryl with me (my high school girlfriend). But she is no longer with us. So I skipped church because it was at Kennedy
School at 11-3pm. I got myself a new
haircut Friday.
new haircut
I got my makeup on, found one of Judy’s lovely’s tops that hid my
arms and my tummy
and I felt like I could do it. So, I got there on time and I tried to talk
with almost everyone. I talked to two
guys who told me that they asked me for a date and I said “no”. One guy told me that he remembered me telling
him all about the church. Then my old
boyfriend John Baker was supposed to come, but he was in the hospital. He’s been married for 54 years and taught
school in Boise. He told his guy friends
that he wanted to know about where I was and what I was doing. So a friend of his came up to me and called
John and we did FaceTime right there. He
said it would be okay with his wife and I should call him again. He wanted to know what I was doing. A lot of the people had health issues and I
listened to them all.
(3 friends - old girlfriend Dian on the left) - So you see I really did go!
Suzanne, Pam and Marlene
I will say that
everyone was amazed at my involvement in music, teaching piano and my band and
managing 3 other bands. I even told Fred
Bauman that I remembered in 8th grade that he sat in front of me and
told me I needed to shave my legs. He
was shocked! Couldn't believe he said that. I told him I went home and
shaved my legs. He and his wife and I
laughed our heads off. I visited with my
old girl friend Dian Rice Odell and in general I had the best time that I’ve
had at any of the previous reunions. I
just decided, “yes I need to lose weight (so did lots of people there), yes,
I’m old (so was everyone else there), yes I am alone, (so were most of
other people there). One of my old
friends, David Ball, has primary progressive MS, so we talked about that for a
long time. I told him I understood his
situation because mom had the same thing. I was on a natural high as I drove
home. Glennda and I talked a few days
ago about every year is a gift. One of my friends lost her husband to
Covid. One lost her husband to
Alzheimer’s disease. I took Judy for
granted and now I don’t have her around.
I miss her every single day. Just
knowing I could call and she would totally get me was something that I didn’t
appreciate enough. I miss our monthly
lunches before and after Covid. I will
always treasure the 3 weeks that Judy and Don lived with me while they were
remodeling. So I’m going to treasure and
appreciate every day, week, month and year and be grateful.
"Every new day begins with
possibilities." Ronald Reagan
I have a gig tomorrow
around noon time at Charbonneau (Ladies Club) and next Friday at Springridge at
Charbonneau at 4-5 pm….all polka music.
Mike is slowing regaining mobility from his knee replacement
surgery and Haley Schell Lewis is just starting the recovery process.
Have a great week.
Love Mom, Grandma, Great-Grandma, Sister & Aunt Suzanne
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