In the Palm of "Her" Hand

When I started the blog I reached out to few that had left their email addresses on the NHS Alumni website. John Savage was one of about five of them. He was quick to respond with his address info and a message letting me know that he'd check the blog often. I am glad he is a man of his word, and I am soooo glad that he has sent his 20 year update for us to enjoy.

John writes:


Hi Rami,

I have been enjoying reading the blog and figured I would throw my two cents in.

After NHS I spent a fun but not so productive year at SLU. The same one that Chris Kughn mentioned. I then got motivated to go to the maritime academy at Texas A&M in Galveston and I graduated in 1993. After graduation I spent several years working on cargo ships. I have made trips to Northern Europe, the Med, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and South America. My time spent at sea was fun and seeing the world was great but being away from home for months at a time is tough on the home life. When things started getting serious with my now wife Kelly, I took a job ashore with a tugboat company here in Galveston. We now have a 7 year old daughter Abigail whom I just adore. We just finished our second year in a father/daughter dance routine which is a blast. The picture is our signature put up / sit up trick. Kids are the best.

My Mother still lives in Slidell and I get over to see her a couple times a year. I was in shock when I came to town 2 days post Katrina to check on her house. Fortunately, she had little damage and no flooding to her house in Willow Wood but I was in disbelief about the widespread damage. Like so many others, our old house in French Branch was trashed. My thoughts are definitely with those of you that have had to, and still are dealing with the mess.

Thanks for your hard work in keeping the blog updated and I am looking forward to coming next year.

Regards,

John Savage

I think it is safe to say that although the picture looks as though Abigail is in the palm of her daddy's hand that in reality she has him in the palm of hers. It is a beautiful picture....my favorite on the blog. Keep up the routine!

I can't wait until we all meet again. Kathi is having GREAT success reaching most of you on Classmates. Thanks, Kathi! I know how busy our days are with all the adult responsibilities we have now, but I hope when you get a chance you take a minute or two to share your life with us on the blog. Send update information and photos to nhsclassof87reunion@yahoo.com

If you have just found the blog, I don't want you to miss a post. In the right margin you will see "Previous Post" which consist of the last 10 post. That is not all of them! To enjoy all post, scroll down a little more to the "Archives". Under "Archives," the months are listed. To view all post for that particular month, simply click on the month and scroll through each day.

Please feel free to send your favorite post a comment. You will find a comment link under each post. Just click it and a new window will pop up for you to leave a comment. Please no anonymous or negative comments. Choose other and type your name. The comment then gets emailed to the blog email address for varification. The blog is linked from NHS's Alumni website so I am trying to keep it PG.

Enjoy!