tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323714887398544512.post7815206675615003433..comments2023-11-03T01:31:15.528-07:00Comments on Astronaut Leroy Chiao's Blog: USA Weekend MagazineLeroy Chiaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826755971524702129noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323714887398544512.post-90365900034687863862008-02-09T12:14:00.000-08:002008-02-09T12:14:00.000-08:00Leroy! Linda Silva here, class of 1978. I wrote yo...Leroy! <BR/>Linda Silva here, class of 1978. I wrote you a few years ago because I was teaching Algebra and when I turned the page, there you were IN MY ALGEBRA TEXT!<BR/>Our 30 year reunion is in Sept, and we'd love for you to come!<BR/>I'm not quite sure how it happened, but suddenly, I found myself with Vicki Giovacchini, Coco Martinovich, and Katie McIver and others putting this reunion together. As I sat and wondered "How in the hell did this happen?" I realized that a very special handful of my dearest friends have survived breast cancer...what they did not ever know, until now, was how hard I cried when I read their letters...how much their pain affected me. I raged, I prayed, I raged some more, I cursed (I do a lot of that) and then I watched from a distance as they valiantly fought and won their respective battles.<BR/>I am very proud of these women, my friends, the fighters who refused to give up...<BR/><BR/>And then I realized...I WOULD see them all again...that it was terribly important for ALL of us to see who we are now, who we've become...to share in the successes of each other...<BR/>For we HAVE been very successful...<BR/>We have a couple of motivational speakers.<BR/>We have an astronaut.<BR/>We have some published authors<BR/>We have environmentalists<BR/>We have so much to celebrate…because…<BR/>We have not only achieved…We have SURVIVED.<BR/>We have, in so many ways, touched this world and left our mark...like all those hokey graduation speeches, we have DONE exactly what we said we would do in so many different ways, large and small.<BR/><BR/>So, this is a celebration of all the things we have done...for our friends, for our families, for our communities and beyond.<BR/>This is a celebration of success, of life, of each other...a chance to reconnect, perhaps the last chance, with those who helped shape who we are and who we became.<BR/><BR/>We hope it's a wonderful time...for those of us who went to school all 12 years together, to those of us who only met in high school, it’s time to reunite with old friends…with people who saw us at our best and our worst…with people who got us through perhaps the toughest years of our lives.<BR/><BR/>Come celebrate with us as we raise a glass to our past glories, our present successes and our future endeavors.<BR/>The reunion is Saturday Sept. 20th<BR/>Roundhill Country Club<BR/>6-midnight<BR/>Send your check to:<BR/>Vicki Fischer<BR/>PO Box 332<BR/>Danville, Ca. 94526<BR/>85.00 per person<BR/><BR/>We hope to see you there...<BR/>The Committee <BR/>541-207-3045 (Linda Silva)LindaKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09685982490977780629noreply@blogger.com