"BIG TEN" APACHE SHARING CORNER (FOR "ALL" CENTENNIAL HIGH ALUMNI)!!

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Comment by Jerlilia Lelia Ryan on March 14, 2010 at 9:05pm

Nice post sis

Comment by Phoebe Macon on March 14, 2010 at 12:17am

The smile that lights your face will also warm someone's heart.
Make someone's day, smile and give someone a hug today.
God bless!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75

Comment by Phoebe Macon on March 13, 2010 at 8:28pm

Members of Kaimuki High School's Class of 1975 perform the "Electric Slide" during their 35-Year Reunion at Hawaii Prince Hotel in Honolulu.




For people anxious about attending a 10-, 20- or 30- 35+ Year High School Reunions, veterans have this to say: Don't worry. It gets easier.


"I think when you're going to your 10 and your 20, you're trying to impress everyone with who you are," says Marlys Ahrendt, who has organized (Four) Multi-Year Reunions for her High School in Sioux Falls, S.D.


After that, it's more about grandchildren than grand achievements, she and others say.


So what is it about Class Reunions that draws us back?


Many factors come into play, says Stephanie DeLuse, a Doctor of Psychology at Arizona State University in Tempe. Among them:


• The Curiosity Factor. We want to find out how people turned out. We engage in social comparisons, sometimes without even thinking about it. And we want to see how people are doing so we can compare our situations with theirs.


• The Desire To Right A Wrong. A couple of examples are apologizing to someone that you fought with or confronting someone who made your life miserable.


• The Hope Factor. We might want to catch the eye of an old crush or track down old friends, DeLuse says.


• A Longing To Set The Record Straight. Especially if you voted for a friend as Prom or Homecoming Queen/King or ran for something in High School and was not chosen but someone else was who you did not select or like was. For example, someone who was chosen as the High School stereotype, like the person voted for Prom Queen/King or Homecoming Queen/King who becomes a scientist or someone who has gained weight or who has lost a lot of weight.


Still, the prospect of seeing peers from the early years provokes everything from anxiety to apathy.


Time has passed, but reality has kicked in: Maybe those 10 pounds weren't shed, true love got away or a business failed.


The pressure is enough for even a Prom Queen/King or Homecoming Queen/King to skip the whole thing.


"But there are some people who hated School," Ahrendt says. "They wouldn't come back if you paid them."


Some come back through thick and thin, every year. Cherokee County Community High School's Class of 1929 in Columbus, Kan., had its 75-Year Reunion in 2004, cementing a place in Guinness World Records as "The Longest Running Annual Class Reunion".


Ahrendt loves Class Reunions. For her, they're about making new friends.


Ahrendt graduated in 1957 with 450 people and says she has become close to Classmates she didn't remember in High School.


"You know, you never know who you're going to meet," she says. Through the years, Ahrendt has discovered the "Wild Girl" married a Pastor and the "Holy Terror" turned out to be a Successful yet Modest Multimillionaire.


"We put expectations on people. And when we've found out what they're really doing, you're so far off the mark," she says.


Before Angel Dietzen Anderson of Appleton, Wis., went to her 10-year Reunion last year, she was worried she wouldn't have anything to talk about with the five friends who had been her buddies.


"I've lost touch with all but one," she says. "Those are probably the people I'm most nervous to see again because it's so weird. We were so close. I know so much about them. They know so much about me. But we know nothing about each other now."


The mix of excitement and angst is typical, according to Edith Wagner, Editor of Milwaukee-based Reunions Magazine.


"The first notice of the next Reunion, which frequently comes a year ahead, tends to set off all kinds of things like diets and thoughts of hair color and new outfits," Wagner says. "It just triggers all this 'I'm going to go back so I've got to do all this changing.'"


But Reunions "are all about that reconnecting", she says.


"A lot of it is to go and recapture a bit of our past," she said. "The years that we were in High School, ... it really is a very significant slice of our lives. It's also a slice of our lives that can easily be forgotten because we really do go on to other things."


Cheryl Kunz of Rockford, Ill., who graduated in 1982, has yet to attend a Reunion.


"The only Reunion that I really wanted to attend was my 20th," she says. "It's more fun to see people after a long time, and much more interesting to hear how their lives have changed after 20 years. By the time I found out when and where the 20th reunion was, it was too late, you could not pay at the door."


Becky Coggins of Chandler, Ariz., who graduated in 1975, is married to her High School Sweetheart.


She feels sorry for people who choose not to be contacted. She "believes in the importance of reconnecting and maintaining old friendships".


"Even though we're 52 & 53, we're still 18 at ou Class Reunions," she says. "These are people who we shared our first life experiences with — first car, first crush, first heartbreak. Time may change on the outside, but not in the inside."




(Monica LaBelle writes for the (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Argus Leader; Emily Seftel writes for The Arizona Republic. Also contributing: Heather LaRoi, The (Appleton, Wis.) Post-Crescent; Elizabeth Davies; Rockford (Ill.) Register Star)

Comment by Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert on March 12, 2010 at 2:09pm

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Psalm 119:105

God has truly been a great guide this week! People thought that the situation was hopeless. But, God came right on time.
God Bless,
Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert
Class of 1972

Comment by Phoebe Macon on March 11, 2010 at 2:28am

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Those who impart cheerfulness add to the wealth of the world!!
(Elbert Hubbard)
God bless!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75

Comment by Phoebe Macon on March 10, 2010 at 9:41pm

FRIENDSHIP POEM:
Don't walk in front of me I may not follow,
Don't walk behind me I may not lead,
Just walk beside me and be my friend!!
(Author Unknown)
God bless!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75

Comment by Phoebe Macon on March 8, 2010 at 12:11pm

Go forth with each new dawning day,
With faith in God and you,
And you will find that all your fears,
Will disappear from view.

Go forth with faith in heart and mind,
And confidence anew,
And there is nothing in this world,
You'll find you cannot do.

Look at the brighter side of life,
Cast out gloom and despair,
And when you need a helping hand,
You'll find God always there.

(Poem: "For A Brighter Life": By Harold F. Mohn)
______________________________________________________________
Have a Blessed Day Everyone & God Bless You All !!

Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75

Comment by Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert on March 7, 2010 at 4:29pm

For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.
Psalm 100:5

God Bless,
Tawnette Fulton-Gilbert
Class of 1972

Comment by Phoebe Macon on March 6, 2010 at 1:36am

THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY ON FRIENDSHIP!!
Friendship is like strong black coffee, "stimulating"!! (David Baird)
In order to have a friend, you must first be a friend!! (Anonymous)
Give each friend the attention they deserve. (David Baird)
"Happy Saturday Everyone" & Have An Especially Blessed Day!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75

Comment by Phoebe Macon on March 5, 2010 at 8:22pm

Passing the Purple Hat to You

IN Honor of Women's History Month and in memory of Erma Bombeck, who lost her fight with cancer. Pass this on to five women that you want to be watched over. If you don't know five women to pass this on to; one will do just fine.


IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck
(Written after she found out she was dying from Cancer)

I would have gone to bed when I was sick, instead of pretending that the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it
melted in storage.

I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was
stained, or the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the "good" living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.

I would never have insisted that the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

I would have sat on the lawn even at the risk of getting grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and
more while watching life.

I would never have bought anything just because it was practical,
wouldn't show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.

Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said,
"Later... Now go get washed up for dinner." There would have been more "I love you"s and more "I'm sorry"s.

But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute.
Look at it and really see it. Live it and never give it back. STOP
SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF!!!

Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what. Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us...


If you don't mind, send this on to all the Women you are grateful to
have as Friends. Maybe we should all grab that purple hat earlier.
Please send this to Phenomenal Women today in Celebration of Beautiful Women's Month. If you do, something good will happen: you will boost another woman's self-esteem.

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