David Spaulding:  

Life I have been wondering how I should begin and what I should write given that I certainly did not develop many close friends at Herricks. However, I have decided to just let it out and let you, the recipient, judge whether it was worth the "paper" it was written upon. Obviously, I am waxing philosophical in light of my advancing age. I had an experience with my wife's reunion (she attended a small Catholic school in upstate Michigan) which was quite delightful. While I may have been "the spouse", I genuinely enjoyed her joy in reconnecting with old classmates and reliving (if only for a night) youthful memories. That really gave me the stimulus to begin the reconnection process. Making it more difficult is that fact that I was never a real social butterfly and only saw a couple of classmates outside of school. However, I decided to forge on and not let that create a barrier. The last time I connected with the class was at our 10 year class reunion. I remember it and sat with Nancy Timm and her husband - she indicated that at the time she lived in her parent’s home. The one vivid memory I have of that get-together was a "can you top this" type of social interaction. It was as if everyone was trying to show how well they had done since high school graduation. Hopefully, age has given all of us a wholly different perspective and truly focus on the important elements of life - health, family and friends. I went to college and graduated from the University of Iowa in Economics, where I met my first wife. Yes, I am unfortunately a typical boomer who has experienced divorce. We were married for 10 years and had 3 children - all boys. While at Iowa, I started working in the college food service and found a calling. After graduation, I went to Cornell University for another degree in Hotel Management. I started working for HoJo's in Buffalo and left them to work for a former boss who started a food service company in Albany. I worked there for 8 y...Expand for more