Like Good Wine, We're Better With Age

Unofficial photo of  the class of '61 taken at Real Life Cooperative, 2006

Official photo of the Class of '61 taken at Homecoming on the Hill, 2006

Our 45th class reunion in 2006  was particularly poignant because it was Patty Keenan's last.  She shared her experience as a terminal cancer patient in a powerful and humbling little "farewell" to the group.  Ever the teacher, she removed her wig and allowed us to see her shiny pate, giving us a lesson on dignity, humor, and love in the face of the most adverse condition of life, death.  Pat's in the second row on the left in both photos.  Isn't she beautiful?

There are other classmates we've lost (Mary Jean Cirhan, Jeanne Cuddy, Janet Derner, Noreen Hartwig, and Margaret Magnell) and some who are just now having serious health challenges.

Be well.