Linda Farrell:  

hello to all. i am so happy to finally be able to get in touch with some of my portsmouth catholic classmates. i think about many of you very often ...... when i hear gary wrights "dream weaver" or pass norfolk collegiate or go through the portsmouth tunnel or see light blue high top chuck taylor converse or when my brother in law mentions his old neighborhood buddy ricky kresinski (spelling?)! talk about some memories. i was so sad to see the school building had been torn down - i had so hoped it would have been made a landmark of some sort. i mean we were all there - that should count for something. oh well! what has everyone been up to? me? well its a pretty simple story - after graduating i went to nursing school at depaul and then got my associates in nursing as a r.n. i worked at depaul in i.c.u and the trauma unit for about 11 years. i married, in 1988, a good catholic irish boy from a large family like mine. we lived in norfolk for 17 years and i became a widow when he was electrocuted in a freak construction accident in 2002. i stayed in norfolk with my three beautiful and wonderful daughters. meagan elizabeth is 21 and a junior at old dominion studying criminal law; mary katelyn (katie) is 17 and a junior in high school interested in pysical therapy or sports medicine and hannah is 12 and in the seventh grade. she has always wanted to be a veterinarian. i took time ...Expand for more