20 Year Reunion Story

Posted by Stuart Cowen On 9:09 PM
Saturday, Lisa and I attended her 20 year high school reunion. It was an intimate gathering of about 20 folks who were among the 26 or so that comprised the entire Class of 1988 from Temple Christian School in Fort Worth, Texas. Many of them I've come to know during my 17-year acquaintance with my wife and her family, either in-person, attending weddings or from countless stories regaled from those years. My mother-in-law taught there for more than 12 years, Lisa's brother graduated 2 years later in 1990, father-in-law taught Science for a year or two and the whole family attended the affiliated church. 

We all met at Zio's Italian Restaurant for lunch, then headed to the Reunion Hostess' home for conversation, yearbook/scrapbook rummaging and more conversation. At first, I was failing at the art of small-talk, but I finally found my sociable groove and had a great time. It's interesting to see how people's directions in life either radically veered from original post-graduation intentions or stayed perfectly on track. It's also interesting to see that for the most part, people are just the same as in high school only older.

My own Reunion Story is non-existent. I graduated in 1986 among 650 people from a public school just down the road here in Euless. I didn't have many friends then and I haven't kept up with any of them since. I love the fact that with my wife's graduating class, no amount of years can diminish the common bond in Christ we all share.


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