A "Saint" to Save the Day
A day had passed without a post...YUCK! If you check daily (like me?? LOL), you probably get a little disappointed when there is not an update to read. Well, there is no need to be disappointed today. Robert "Bobby" Gunn was a "Saint" and sent me his update.
Bobby writes:
Wow. Where to begin? First of all, a 20 year reunion doesn't seem real. I don't think any of us feel that old. Secondly, it's pretty wild to me that some classmates have kids either about to enter or who have entered high school and some, like me, who have two little peanuts.
I've got two little girls, Ramie (3 1/2) and Riley (1 1/2) and have been married to Virginia (who is from New Roads, La.) for just over 6 years even though we've known each other since 1988 or 1989. We met at Northwestern State in Natchitoches and graduated in journalism/PR together. I really paced myself in college, getting involved in student government, blue key, band, rugby, fraternity, worked at the radio station on campus and joined the La. Army National Guard. I still don't know why but I guess it was something my friends were doing and I think we all know how that goes ... fortunately, I didn't get deployed overseas.
After college, I began working in Media and Public Relations for the New Orleans Saints and spent six pretty fun years there, working through the last few Jim Mora years, and the Mike Ditka/Ricky Williams years. I was in St. Louis for a game when the 10-yearreunion was held and missed everything...
In 2000, I left the Saints and joined the Louisiana Supreme Court's Community Relations Department and commute from Slidell into the French Quarter everyday. Since college, I've spoken by e-mail to a few from the class of 87 and for a while stayed in pretty good touch with Mitch R. and saw him at least once a year when the Saints trained in La Crosse, WI, where he moved but have lost touch with him over the years.
It's nice to see everyone is doing well from our class and I can't wait to see everyone at the reunion.
Robert (Bobby) Gunn
p.s. Renee Gilley McKnight, please tell your husband Ted I said hello. Good to see he's doing well also.
An update from a saint with pictures of angels.............I love the pictures! For some crazy reason I get emotional looking at all of our children. They are all so beautiful to me. I know behind every little smile there are tons of funny stories.
Stay tune tomorrow for some more great pictures of smiling angels!
Bobby writes:
Wow. Where to begin? First of all, a 20 year reunion doesn't seem real. I don't think any of us feel that old. Secondly, it's pretty wild to me that some classmates have kids either about to enter or who have entered high school and some, like me, who have two little peanuts.
I've got two little girls, Ramie (3 1/2) and Riley (1 1/2) and have been married to Virginia (who is from New Roads, La.) for just over 6 years even though we've known each other since 1988 or 1989. We met at Northwestern State in Natchitoches and graduated in journalism/PR together. I really paced myself in college, getting involved in student government, blue key, band, rugby, fraternity, worked at the radio station on campus and joined the La. Army National Guard. I still don't know why but I guess it was something my friends were doing and I think we all know how that goes ... fortunately, I didn't get deployed overseas.
After college, I began working in Media and Public Relations for the New Orleans Saints and spent six pretty fun years there, working through the last few Jim Mora years, and the Mike Ditka/Ricky Williams years. I was in St. Louis for a game when the 10-yearreunion was held and missed everything...
In 2000, I left the Saints and joined the Louisiana Supreme Court's Community Relations Department and commute from Slidell into the French Quarter everyday. Since college, I've spoken by e-mail to a few from the class of 87 and for a while stayed in pretty good touch with Mitch R. and saw him at least once a year when the Saints trained in La Crosse, WI, where he moved but have lost touch with him over the years.
It's nice to see everyone is doing well from our class and I can't wait to see everyone at the reunion.
Robert (Bobby) Gunn
p.s. Renee Gilley McKnight, please tell your husband Ted I said hello. Good to see he's doing well also.
An update from a saint with pictures of angels.............I love the pictures! For some crazy reason I get emotional looking at all of our children. They are all so beautiful to me. I know behind every little smile there are tons of funny stories.
Stay tune tomorrow for some more great pictures of smiling angels!
posted by Rami at 1:10 AM
3 Comments:
What adorable kids! Do they have any of Dad's musical talent?! Bobby, I wouldn't have recognized you! Great to see you doing so well!--Michelle Fields Pierce
Wow! Bobby, your kids are gorgeous! I'm so happy to see how well you're doing! I'll never forget that day you came to visit me in Shreveport. We went to lunch at some Mexican place and changed a tire on an interstate overpass. It meant so much to me that you came to visit. I look forward to seeing you and your family at the reunion!
Brooke Prather Horadam
Michelle-
Thanks for the note - Both girls are very into music, but I guess what kids aren't? The little one runs around the house singing "Tomorrow" from Annie and the big one has always been into music, trying to play the "ano" (short for piano) and making up songs to sing to her little sister. As a baby, I actually got her to go to sleep listening to Jimi Hendrix (not anything too crazy, mostly the slower stuff) which made my wife crazy, so she's well-schooled in the classics - Beethoven, Mozart, Hendrix.
Brooke-
Good to hear from you also - I still remember coming up to Shreveport to hang out I think just after I had gotten back from the army and needed some normalcy. I forgot about the tire changing - I guess we put those kinds of things out of our memory banks! :) But it was nice to get together and can't wait to see you all as well.
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