Deep Thoughts....... by Susan Streets

Your thoughts are always welcome to post on our blog. When you can't sleep and the anxiety of our upcoming "FUN" weekend getaway has you reminiscing in the late night-early morning hours, share you thoughts with us. Susan Ramke Streets did..................

Susan writes:

I was at my niece’s graduation this past weekend. Twenty years after us, she was graduating - from Northshore. Sitting in my seat at SLU, I was drawn back - back to the gym at NHS. It wasn’t my niece’s class down there, it was us. I could see it as if it were yesterday. There we were, young men and women, ready to take on the world. I could see Mitch making his speech (obviously, I couldn’t hear him, even in my mind - at this age, my detailed memory is a thing of the past). These days I find that my hair is graying, my bones are starting to groan and I’m more nostalgic than ever. Even if it’s just for a weekend, I want to go back to that easier time. I want to pretend that I’m still a kid (knowing what I know now, of course). I want to reacquaint myself with old friends that I’ve lost touch with and become friends with some old acquaintances. I want the opportunity for the people who helped shape me to see who I really was, who I really am. I was a rather quiet student. Very few people got to see the me (I really haven‘t changed that much) that I’m quite comfortable with now. I want to laugh at memories of the senior class play, incredibly late nights and very early mornings (thank goodness for vivarin). I want to reminisce about the senior picnic, senior skip days, sunburns from long hours on the beach and, of course, the Calcutta Beach Republic. I know there are a lot of closet lurkers out there. Come out of the closet, come play with us. I want to know that you remember it too. I want to know where you find yourself today and if you ever expected to be there. I’ve gotten to know Rami and Kathi better than I ever did in high school. I want to the opportunity to get to know all of you. The past shapes us, but we still have the chance to shape the future. You’ve got until May 27th to let us know that you’ll be there. I want you to be there - I miss you.

Susan and I really have known each other since 3rd grade (thirty years). I would say that over the past year, we've gotten to know each other more than we did the 10 years spent together in school, and we even rode the bus together until we drove to school. Now, we have boys in the 3rd grade. We both have sons named Reed. We probably have just as much in common as we probably have not in common. I think now as adults, we appreciate what makes us all who we are. It must be maturity!!! And THANK the LORD for it!

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