Laurel Feinberg:  

Life We had a FABULOUS 35th Reunion this August! It was the best experience I'd ever had, whether cuz I'd served on our great committee all year, or hadn't been since the 20th, or have a new appreciation for folx's life wisdom & spirit as the yrs go by. I'd sure encourage all y'all to come next time, serve on the committee, consider having a collective yrs' one, like all the yrs we were at VHS (68-71). Mike Disney worked from GA, I from Sacramento area & several others from Vista area & afar. The more local help, the better ;-). It's weird to try to encapsulate 35 yrs online but I tried. I hope at the next reunion I won't be recovering from multiple surgeries so I can dance to our cool ol' music. Steve Arredondo & the DJ & Mike D did a super job, as did Caryn Meyette & Pat/Trish Bacon McWilliams singing. Mitchell Harmon, 1 of our many twins, donated tons of his art. Polly Schmidt rounded up so many free gifts/prizes. The whole committee was super! A few pounds more & some grey hair, but I think we help up pretty fine! I've tried rather hard not to be a "groan-up." Spent a lot of my years in education, so I think that has helped me stay young, plus having my 18 year old daughter call me her best friend. I'm convinced that silliness is the secret of life. I've had a lot of heavy stuff happen in my life, & wouldn't've gotten thru it w/o a sense of humor & the support of my family & friends. After VHS, I lived all over the L.A. & San Fernando Valley area & Seattle, eager to get out of small town Vista, yet ended up eventually dying to get back to a small town - go figure. Loved my college, Occidental; & Pacific Oaks for M.A. in Human Development (basically Educ'l Psych) & 2 teaching credentials. My maiden voyage in teaching was Watts, then Inglewood, teaching bilingually - quite the experience! Ran the extreme to a private school in central Massachusetts, where we fled after the '94 Northridge earthquake, from which we were 1 zip code away - significant phys...Expand for more