I found this photo taken in 1970. Look at the price of gas. Boy, things have changed. And today, 55 years later, I am typing this to all of you, simultaneously, to be sent out into the realm of cyberspace with a simple push of the button. Again, change.
Perhaps David Bowie was more profound than we thought. "Time may change me, but I can't trace time." So much has changed. Outside of us and inside of us. But it is hard, for me anyway, to trace the exact path of all of that change. It seems to have all gone so very, very fast.
That being said, I truly feel another proverb is true. "The more things change, the more things stay the same." I feel that with all the changes that have happened to all of us over the past 55 years, there remains something that hasn't changed. It's the constant that remains the same. The love of old friends. And the love of old memories And the remarkable reality is that old memories and old friends can connect in an instant. And what 55 years has changed can in a moment seem, well, unchanged.
2025 is our 55th high school reunion. We have a chance to reunite. We have a chance to embrace change, to embrace memories, but, most importantly, we have the chance to embrace each other. Our reunion is set: Friday/Saturday, May 16/17, 2025. I hope everyone will make an effort to be there. For all of you who have attended the reunions in the past, you know the fun. For those of you who have missed the reunions in the past, give it a whirl. Who knows? The change might do you good.
Terry Slaughter
