When the past folds into the present!

OH JOY!  Wonders of the universe have allowed reconnections with ladies from my elementary school years, the village!

We gathered at a restaurant, were quite a raucous crew!  The excitement was wonderful!

Denise, Mary, Barbara, Delia

Seeing familiar faces, recognizeable faces, long-wished for faces is exhilerating!

Photos were passed around, by several of us at the same time!  Conversations started new conversations! Photos were taken by the dozens! 

We want to stay in touch!  Imagine!?

"Time it was, time it was, oh what a time it was...preserve your memories, there all that is left you."

Comments were made about the value of friends from the early formative years.  Why are these so special?  Perhaps, it was ventured, these were the people that accepted you as you were?  We were innocent?

We talked of the school principal, Mr. Lemire, he taught 5th and 6th grade, and his ruler!
We talked about how we each got scattered to the downtown schools.

It is wonderful to see these people; their lives, children and grandchildren! Something about seeing them again, and those wonderful, hold-tightly hugs that make me feel complete!  Soothed and excited at the same time!
Yet, it brings other memories back, also!
And, I can't help but wonder what my life might have been if we had stayed in touch.