Saturday, July 21st, we were able to connect with one of Jack’s classmates that he hasn’t seen for over 40+ years, Roger and his wife Lynn. (See Jack’s Taft School Class of 1961 blog) They live in Long Island, which they told me is pronounced “Lawn Guy Land”. We had a wonderful time visiting with them.
As the wife in a situation like this you just never know how you will interact with the other wife. I know, just be yourself, but out here I don’t think they would really get my “blonde” sense of humor. I have the misconception that all people living on the East coast are “upper crusty” and so as to NOT embarrass my husband, I try to be prim and proper. Well, those of you who know me, I am NOT prim and proper. But I do try to behave lady like. That being said, I have been thoroughly pleased to find that all of the wives I have had the pleasure of meeting, have been WONDERFUL, and I thank them for that! The most common thread we have is the love for our husbands. Seeing them get excited like little school boys and sharing stories from long ago makes US happy. These reunions have proven to be more than anyone has dared to expect. Renewing old friendships, sharing stories, hearing things they never knew and catching up on their lives is a wonderful high. We laughed and laughed at the stories that came out, one by one, as the day went on. You would hear, “Do you remember old Mr. so and so?” “Do you remember when we ….” And they would laugh some more.
Let me tell you about Lynn, she went all out for us. We would have been happy to go out to dinner, but NOoooo Lynn would have nothing to do with THAT! She served shrimp with cocktail sauce and some great chips, then Roger brings out shrimp shish-ka-bob’s and puts them on the BBQ and serves them up hot. He then informs us, these are just appetizers!! Oh dear! Then she keeps bring out more and more….sweet corn on the cob, red potatoes (which Roger and Jack ate like M&M’s), fresh bread, wonderful salad, and BBQ’d Mako Shark! We sat outside near the pool, ate dinner and just took in the beauty of the scenery as well as the graciousness of the hosts.
After a bit, we went inside, told more stories, laughed some more and were served delicious apple pie and fresh fruit. (I was hoping there were no stairs around to climb!).
Around 9:30pm we HAD to leave in order to get back before we set off the alarms at school. We promised that if we are invited back here to Taft next summer, we will go back and spend more time with Roger and Lynn.
