Reunion

This is me in 1968

We attended our High School's All Class Reunion tonight. It's for all the people who graduated from Dora High School.
There was one gentleman there from the Class of 1946, and several who graduated in the early 1950s.
The honored class tonight was the Class of 1963. My "Old" sister was in that class (she loves it when I call her my old sister).
There were only three from my class (1968) and very few people who attended the school from the 70's to the present date. For some reason, these gatherings are not important to the younger folks.
The reunion tonight awarded four scholarships to Dora seniors, and when they passed the hat, we raised over $2300 toward next year's scholarships.
Jilda and I do our own scholarship each year to a deserving student who is going into the arts.
It's not a lot of money, but we both think it's and important investment.
The mother of the first award winner that we gave out five years ago stopped me recently in Walmart to tell me that her son is graduating this year, and that our scholarship was what helped him start on his path.
Our alumni president said tonight that every cent we invest in our kids will pay dividends long after we're gone.
I thought that was very well said.