I was really hoping to come but can't during the week fue to my job, so next time have it on a weekend.  I have been a social worker for 44 years going from direct service to management of agencies/divisions to now a social work professor at Castleton State College, Vermont.  I lived in Boston for 20 years and am back in Vermont for the past 25 where we lived when I was a young child and have had a summer mountain top retreat since 1948.  I love Vermont.  My sister, Jennifer, in the class of 1962 who some of you may remember, is a retired research chemist in NC.  My brother Nathan class of 1966, is a recently retired psychiatrist and in NC.  So sorry I will miss the reunion.

My husband and I will be unable to attend the reunion as we’ll be on a river cruise down the Danube.  We’ve been fortunate to travel quite a bit over the years. We’ve been going to Mazatlan, Mexico for the last several years on a medical mission twice a year lead by my daughter and her husband who work and teach in the University of Iowa Medical School.  We always come back wondering why we have so much ‘stuff’ and yet we seem to collect more.
 
I am blessed to have a wonderful husband of 46 years, 3 children and 5 grandchildren who are the light of my life.  I’m sure so many of you share the same sentiment.  My husband is a retired engineer and I am a nurse practitioner now working per diem and very much enjoying the flexibility.  We are healthy, happy and enjoy spending time with our family, biking and traveling. 

 

Life is good...
 
 

I'll be floating down the Danube, but will think of you all and sure which I could have attended.  Life has been good to my family and me with health, children and grandchildren who warm my heart and make every day a treasure.