Cathy Hampton:  

Hi Everyone ! Well here we are, geez, what a wonderful life! Looking for my Forever Partner, Gentlemen only please ! I wish I could see you more often, maybe at the next reunion May 2017, if you all show up ! I am on the Reunion Committee again this year with a FINE group of Classmates, Finney Classes 1969-1975, Also I am on the Reunion Committee this year for the 50 Year St. Matthews Celebration , well its the Catholic Kids that graduated in 1972 from Bishop Gallagher, Notre Dame, Austin, all the Catholic Kids that attended these schools and transferred to Public Schools too, Denby , Finney, Harper Woods, Grosse Pointes North and South... The date for this Reunion is Saturday Sept. 15. Stay tuned for more information! I am in Prescott, Arizona, my son is now 27. Yes, I had a much later start than almost all of you! My Dad just turned 89 this year, and still a formidable man ! He is living in Troy with my youngest Brother and my Sister in Law. He came to Arizona and Danced with me on my 50th birthday, (he was 75 !) , all my brothers are great, 3 in Detroit, 2 Engineers and a CAD, and one in Oregon, retired... My son, Matt, had Kidney Cancer when he was a year old, been through that hell with him, now on to living life. Talk about interruptions in life, live everyday as if it is the best, live, love and laugh, because we never know what God has decided for us. My Son, last July 28th, 2017, was driving to an 11am doctor appointment, on one of our winding mountain road, 5 lane, speed limit 40 mph, And a woman , a few years younger that me, supposedly was off supervised probation , midnight the previous evening, and hit him Head On 40mph on a curve. Of course impaired people either bite it or bounce and walk away. She walked to blow and bloodwork and then to jail, while I got the call, rushed to the scene to see my son put in a helicopter, airlifted to a Trauma Hospital in Phoenix. We rushed down to Phoenix, to spend 8 days, while he was repaired...and to top it off, I always have a Blessed Father Solanus Casey relic with me, had it when Matt had Cancer and had it then..to make it even better, a Brother from Detroit came into his room, And I mentioned Father Casey, He was from Holy Redeemer Seminary, and had a very nice,, long conversation with Matthew, about things a 30 year old male would talk about.. My heart soared. We are not actively Church members, but what is in your heart counts. Matthew was uplifted, and a few days later he was sent by ambulance to a Rehabilitation Hospital up here in Prescott for 2 weeks, then home with Rehabilitation PT and OT for 4 months. I am blessed, many people are not as lucky as I am. I remember when Matt was diagnosed with Cancer at Beaumont in Royal Oak after surgery, and I jumped up and down in the Childrens Waiting room , with parents waiting to hear about their kids tonsils, broken arm....I was so happy he had a certain Cancer and did not have the really bad Cancer. They saw I was elated, baffled them, then they found out why...humbling experience, and they even sent restaurant dinners to our room... I was lucky then too, and of course, so was my Son. Then I remember those parents in the Cancer Group who were not as...Expand for more