Gary Smith:  

Life It seems like just yesterday that I was sitting there listening to Father Simms read Dear Abby or Ms. Evans (Big Red) driving into the parking lot in her red car with her red hair fluttering in the breeze, her red high heels clicking against the tiles of the floor and watching her red coated lips parting, then closing again as she gives her lessons in English class. Not! It actually seems like several lifetimes since tracking down the hallways, singing in the showers in gym class or chatting with friends at lunchtime at Hart High. I could add here: Where has the time gone? But, the accumulation of memories in my mind and heart, the miles traveled around this great country, the beauty I have beheld through both physical and spiritual eyes, the many dreams that have come true, the people I have met, friendships shared, lost, and the wear and tear on this body are just a few of the many indicators of Where that Time has gone! My one regret is that I have not been able to make it to any of the '64 Class Reunions or kept in contact with my friends from Hart High. Sorry. I have been too busy living life for the past 40+ years. I was moving to and living in 4 states and 23 cities since graduation. I raised 2 sons, lost one son and a daughter at birth, accumulated 16 grandchildren, 2 great-grandsons, and one great-granddaughter. I have been loving them and sharing in their little lives since bidding farewell to all from the high school campus life. I have dreamed dreams and then set forth to make them materialize into realities. I have fished and hunted, trekked many miles of wilderness, with backpack and camera, in our homeland. Witnessed the rising and setting of th...Expand for more