Karen Miller:  

CLASS OF 1971
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Brea Olinda High SchoolClass of 1971
Brea, CA

Karen's Story

Life has been both more wonderful and more awful than I could ever have imagined in high school. I could not in my wildest dreams have imagined how cool it would be to have sons; amazing enough as children, but even more amazing as grown men who I love and respect and call my friends. Nothing could have prepared me for the day my first grandchild was born. Something magical happened the moment I looked in to her eyes for the first time. I did not think it was possible to love anything so much! I was equally unprepared for the enduring pain of a marriage ending, or for the challenges of being a single Mom. Back in high school everything was so black and white. In the years since then I have learned to appreciate life's nuances and to accept that there are unanswerable questions and some questions with many possible right answers. Back then, I never thought I'd get divorced, or that I would eventua...Expand for more
lly remarry, I never thought I'd be a step Mom. I'd never thought I'd be in sales (beginning with roses out of a basket in restaurants and nightclubs, going on to yellow page advertising, and ultimately ending with insurance and investments). I never imagined loosing a mate to cancer, experiencing the death of a parent or a grandchild. I never knew how cool it was to have a dog, and how hard it was too loose one. And I never knew I'd really, really love to dance! I am not so different than I was then. I am braver now, more resourceful, I think. I still struggle with the same thirty extra pounds I did back then. (I'd be rich if I had a dollar for every pound I've lost and regained and lost again over the last 40 years). I look at my high school picture and I am a little bit sad; sad for the dreams that didn't come true for her, but happy because I still believe in dreams, and life isn't over yet!
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Yearbooks

Brea Olinda High School 1971 yearbook cover photo
1971 Yearbook
Brea Olinda High School
BREA, CA
Brea Olinda High School 1970 yearbook cover photo
1970 Yearbook
Brea Olinda High School
BREA, CA
Brea Olinda High School 1969 yearbook cover photo
1969 Yearbook
Brea Olinda High School
BREA, CA
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Reunions
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Sep 16, 2023
Karen was invited to the
Brea Olinda High 50th Class Reunion
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BOHS Class Reunion reunion event on Aug 17, 2013 image
Aug 17, 2013
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BOHS Class Reunion
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Aug 17, 2013
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BOHS Class Reunion
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PCT 2010
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Family Cruise 2005
Back packing with my son, Ben April 2007
At the Last Pirate Movie's Hollywood Premier
A high point-San Jacinto Peak
Captain Hook and Crew
Son, John-Mason, wife Sarah and their kids
My Son John-Mason
My Son's Ben and Jeremiah
I want to be a pirate

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