Ladies First!

A couple of our classmates graciously consented to submit some photographs for this Then And Now post. Actually, the Then images come straight from the 1968 yearbook in the writer's possession.

Surely you remember them, unless too many brain cells have bit the dust. Nevertheless, you will have their names, have no fear.















Marily Benitez - now Marily Reyes - to the left, and

Jeannette Foye - now Jeannette DeMille - to the right.









Perhaps there is no need to be so placement or directional-specific, but this is being done for the blogger's benefit as well - he suffers increasingly from CRS Syndrome...Can't Remember...you get the picture.



That was 1968 and that is how we remember each other; impossible to believe we have traveled the Road of Life for two score years since our graduation. Nevertheless, Time does not stand still and time to see our friends and former classmates as they are today - or not that long ago, in any case.


Introducing the Reyes family - left to right, Alexis, Frank, Marily, and Frances. A classy, nice looking group.

















Then Jeannette comes into the picture - literally...



Glad to see all the smiling. Were we getting ready to have TOO MUCH FUN?! Certainly hope so! It is heartwarming to see friendships forged at Immaculata-LaSalle, and even before our ILS years, continue strongly decade after decade. In many ways, this planned reunion is a celebration of enduring bonds we hope will grow even stronger and continue uninterrupted for many more years.

We were - and are - a special bunch; we need to be reminded of that and rediscover that "specialness" when we soon reunite, enjoying each other's company and discovering, as the writer has, how much we have in common. Then again, that is why we wound up at that special place named Immaculata-LaSalle.





Maybe you should be spared the following image, but may as well get it over it and let you catch a glimpse of the small-bodied entity who has been irritating you with "its" blogging. However, Marily kindly said, on being graphically exposed to the visage described as "old" by the entity's daughter, "you look the same!" Well, perhaps we can deconstruct said statement, so that it will take up an entirely different meaning: "You look the same" - as what? Yoda, perhaps? You be the judge. For you Yoda fans out there, the image was found at www.yodafans.homestead.com


And this one was taken in Cascade Locks, Oregon last July during a very nice river trip on the Columbia, Snake, and Willamette rivers. Why the dark glasses? This should be obvious! Allows short old guys to ogle tall, beautiful women undetected, thus avoiding the risk of some embarrassing retort from the unwilling-ogled, such as, "In your dreams, you lil' geezer!"

Your turn now...share your graphic moments, your slice of life in the past forty years - your stories and anecdotes. We've broken the ice! So, "Git-R-Done!" Thank you for the reminder, Larry!