Reuniting... Or, is it Reunionizing

I graduated from Eastern Alamance high school in 1998. Now, ten years later I am involved in planning our first reunion. Last Friday we had our first official planning meeting. There were about ten of us there. We met at an Italian restaurant in Alamance county for dinner and discussion.

When I got there, I realized that I had not talked to any of the other "party planning committee" members in about eight years. Things were a little awkward at first. So, after making the statement, "Well, this is awkward.", I suggested we go around the table and give a basic update, e.g. where we live, if we are married, if we have kids, etc.. I purposely tried to stay away from the "What do you do?" question, mainly because I don't like to be defined by my job.

I quickly found out that I was the only person that does not live in Alamance County. Some of them had left at some point to go to college, but they all had ended up back in the A-Co. Though I tried to avoid the "what do you do" discussion, nearly everyone gave their current occupation. It was great to hear what had been going on in everyone's lives. That's the main reason I want to go to the reunion.

So, everyone else had given their run down, and someone asked me, "Shannon what have you been up to?" Before I could answer, Marsha1 piped up and said, "Saving the World... at least that's what Leslie said." It was awesome. I was so proud of my little sister.

This gave me an opportunity to talk to them about a few of the things that we are doing at Visio Dei. Hopefully, the future provide more chances to talk to them about these things. It would be amazing if I could some of them involved in my well drilling project, or something else.

1. back I have a younger sister, Leslie. Leslie has a friend, Morgan. Morgan has a sister, Marsha. Occasionally, Leslie and Morgan hangout at Marsha's house. I graduated high school with Marsha. Marsha was at the meeting.