Here's to the '66' Reunion

Reunions, have you ever gone?  Are there people that you are trying to forget, who you hope have forgotten you?  Do you dread them when they come around?  People talk about reunions like they are something to be afraid of..... Not the ones for the class of "'66'.  I'm here to tell you.

The night starts out like any other.  People mingling and talking, getting drinks, finding a place to sit for dinner close to people they know or think they remember.  We are lucky in that, we still see a lot of the people from those days gone by.  Larry and Sheryl, Jay and Rhonda, Pat, Pat, and many more.  They all live in close proximity to us, in the small town of Moberly.  So if your lost for words or can't remember someone, you just find one of them, and they will help you out, unless they have forgotten too.

Everyone mills around until the time comes to have dinner.  You find your seat and off to get food.  For some reason, I always pick the table that is the last to eat or get served.  Food was great, as usual.  One of the alumni, own the restaurant we all go to for the reunion.  Big room, lots of seating and good bar service.

As soon as dinner is finished, out come the crazies.  There are a few of the girls in this group that astound me, by what and who they remember.  Now for people who are in their mid 70's, I have come to be very impressed by the memories these people have( not that they are old you see).  You can point out a person from 55 years ago, and they can tell you who it is.  Now they made up a game... what were they doing or saying back then.  Each person is given a card and when the picture matching your number comes up, you stand up and read the card.  There is a couple of ladies that get up and talk and make us laugh so hard, many run to the bathroom hahahaha.  Kathy is one of the biggest jokers with Pat following not far behind.  We all love when they get up and start their fun
After all the laughing and giggling subsides, one of the ladies showed us a montage of pictures she had put to music, of the people who have been taken from this world.  It was done so beautifully, it made many of the attendees cry.... Memories long since forgotten were brought back to life.  The night is and has been so much fun in the past. 

Now the group has decided to meet on a regular basis for lunch once each month.  Michael really enjoys going to these.  They all get together and visit.  Pictures are passed around with the grandkids being fawned over.  Talk is getting to be where there is a lot of back and forth about the medical issues that have arisen.    

We have tried to make each and everyone of the reunions.  They try and put them together every 5 years, to keep everyone close, and to keep ties new.  I think all that these people do to keep the group close is wonderful.. Not sure what others do, but what is done for us, is awesome.  We laugh and talk and remaniss about days long forgotten.  The days when life was so much easier, and all you had to do was be a kid.  Days that all of us like to remember.  Here is to the '66' Reunion, may they continue forever.