Teresa Irvine:
CLASS OF 1973
Shades Valley High SchoolClass of 1973
Birmingham, AL
Homewood High SchoolClass of 1973
Homewood, AL
Berry High School (Jefferson Co.)Class of 1973
Hoover, AL
Teresa's Story
Graduated in 1973, was kinda a messed up class, because of the split with Homewood. After graduation I immediately moved to Mobile and started at Univ. of South Alabama. I could have chosen other schools, but I liked the idea of a port city and proximity to a beach. I continued to love music and hung around musicians and artists. In Mobile, I started running lights and sound for the theatre dept. and had a blast. Make that two. One day, in the middle of a quarter, a friend and I just decided to move to Charlotte. That was fun, too, but the tuition was high, so I came on back to Birmingham and finished up my BA at UAB. I didn't marry until I was 38. . .so .. that left a LOT of time to have fun! I travelled a lot, managing apartment complexes and doing many kinds of work. I ended up back in Mobile for another fifteen or so years, enjoyed Mardi Gras and the beaches, and worked at a musical instrument store for a decade or so. Now I am back in Birmingham, with my husband and two sons. I had my first at forty and the next at 41, so they are eleven and twelve now, they go to Hoover schools. I am having fun still .. .easy to spot me, I look very similar to way back when and my voice is still low for a female. My hair is still very long. Life is good!
I continue to be non-conformist and vocal about it. My least favorite trait in people is predjudice, second least favorite is greed. I am politically Liberal, open and friendly. Probably vote for Obama this time, although I usually vote Libertarian Party. Religion . . hmm, well I think I made up my own blend. As a matter of fact, I do not believe any of us have all the answers to the Big Questions. I practice religion in my way, in my yard and home, and study religious writings quite a bit. Tibetan Buddhism is my current favorite and I am busy writing letters to Montgomery and Washington to urge a gentle persuasion of China to loosen its bonds on the Tibetan peoples. I also act as an advocate for my youngest son . .he was kissed by the Autism fairy . . .is a darling . . .and study of the human brain is another of my fields of interest. He is very high-functi...Expand for more
oning, but still quite a challenge.
Miz Mackey would be proud that I have continued to read great literature over the years. I want to know all about how all of this came to be. The world is a beautiful and curious place and I study international relations and ancient cultures. I love space and keep up with science and technology fairly well. I study all the time! I collect rocks. All rocks. I have studied this particular field for so long that I could be called a "petraphile", or a "rockhead." I have thousands of specimens from every continent except Antarctica, plus lots of fossils, meteorites, shells, etc.
Sherri Vines and I have remained best friends for all this time. She is still in Mobile, visits up here, and I run up and down I65 often visiting friends and my in-laws. Of course, since they split our graduating class in half, she and most of my buddies went over Homewood for senior year. I never ate lunch in the cafeteria. I always left the campus and ate at that little Mexican place nearby. There are a lot of people I would like to touch base with, some of you I even knew in Grammar school at Shades Cahaba. Besides Sherri, I remember hanging out with Bob Parker and Dexter Hambaugh a lot. I wish I knew what has happened to a bunch of folks. I loved Abby Daughtery, but I know she passed away years ago. I think I'll dig out the old annual and see if it reminds me of anything . . .I'd like to know where Susan Bogs is, Karen Keith was my friend, and Melanie Brown flat disappeared. I have heard bits about Brenda Satterfield, Brian Shaw, and Nancy Bethart. We had a good mix of kids back then, and I liked very many of you. I was not a Rah-rah, never went to pep rallies, and dressed in jeans. Remember my yellow Duster car . . it zoomed! But it was so eye-catching I was caught skipping all the time. There was a cool lady named Joyce who was a counselor, and, heaven knows, I always wanna talk. She still lives, I believe, and my mom has contact with her through Bridge Tournaments. I kept myself entertained at Valley, lost a lot of brain cells but gained millions more . .touch base if you can . . .
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