Winona Braithwaite (Murray)
I think the reunion was highly successful. I'd like to express my sincere appreciation to the people who worked so hard to make it all happen. Thank you to everyone who helped with the chicken barbeque fundraisers, planning it all out, finding a venue, setting up the website, communicating with classmates and the countless other tasks undertaken to benefit us all. Well done and I hope that you enjoyed the gathering as much as we all seemed to.
The lodge was the perfect spot and greatly intensified my homesickness for the Valley. Breathtaking views that I couldn’t seem to get enough of.
There were many who weren't able to join us; please know that you were truly missed and it was highly probable that your name came up during the telling of a pleasant memory from years past.
It felt great to forget about the stresses of our daily lives and get reacquainted with people who knew us way back when our lives revolved around things that seem so trivial to us now--like 8 Track tapes, bell bottoms, big hair, CRF, HHR, Rice Burners, school dances and beating out the Strasburg football team. We've all changed, our priorities have changed and certainly our life experiences have turned us into different people; however, we found new commonalities while reminiscing on the past. I look forward to the time that we again shall meet.
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