Nancy Puig:
CLASS OF 1967
Clearwater High SchoolClass of 1967
Clearwater, FL
Dunedin High SchoolClass of 1968
Dunedin, FL
White Sands Missile Range Elementary & Middle SchoolClass of 1965
White sands, NM
Clearwater Junior High SchoolClass of 1964
Clearwater, FL
North Ward Elementary SchoolClass of 1961
Clearwater, FL
Nancy's Story
Life
In school, I wasn't exactly a wall flower, more like a wall weed. I had friends but only during school time. Didn't go to dances, games, or anything like that. The friends I had were important to me but I couldn't really socialize after schools.
Now, I have friends and we go shopping, RV rallies, and just plain hang out together. I am also known as Cookielady because I have an urge to bake cookies everytime I am meeting up with more than 2 friends at one time.
Danny & I love to travel in our RV and do whenever we can. We have driven to California and back several times and stopped everywhere you can imagine to enjoy the great USA.
When I look back to my life in school, I only remember the happy times. Hall gossip with Brenda & Cynthia Lee, sharing talk about boys with Maureen Byrnes & Debbie Gibson, laughing until my sides hurt with Debbie Epps, Cheryl Purvis, and Lynda Honour. Even being harrassed by Dale Waddey (God rest his soul).
Forty years later and I am happily married, have 5 wonderful grown children, 6 fantastic grandsons, and 2 adorable chihuahuas. The only thing that could make life even better is to be reunited with old friends who actually remember me.
School
I admit I had a terrible crush on Charles Short in school. He of course wasn't interested but we were somewhat friends. He refered to me as funnyface and not in a flattering way but wasn't cruel about it either. He was the guy who always played the piano at the school talent shows.
Best friend in High School was hands down Debbie Gibson. She lived only a couple of blocks fr...Expand for more
om me. She knew how bad it was at my house and her family often invited me to theirs so I could see a normal family. I really miss her and wish I knew where she was but, then if I did find her she probably wouldn't remember me.
I was also friendly at school with Lynda Honour. She played drums in the band and even tried to teach me once but I just couldn't get the hang of it. I wrote her and she mailed me a nice brochure about her practice. She obviously has no clue who I am.
Person I admired most was Maureen Byrnes. She was the kindest person I ever met and we met when we were both in Clearwater Jr. High. I never heard a cross word from her. She made me feel that I could almost do anything.
During the year and a half that I went to White Sands Missile Range Jr. High, Toni Patterson was my best friend and really helped me through some tough times. Today, she lives in Oregon and doesn't remember me either.
Just shows how little impact some of us have in other people lives but what a large impact they have in ours.
School was an escape for me and I wasn't very good at it. Had too many other things on my mind, I guess.
To add to this, I did find Maureen Byrnes and she didn't remember me. I found Debbie Gibson and she only has a fleeting memory of me so I guess it just shows you can't go back.
In May 2008, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a bilateral mastectomy with lymph node involvement. I just finished chemotherapy and will be starting radiation therapy after the new year. I put updates on my condition on caringbridge just type in nancypuig.
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