Renee Mendez:  

HELLO EVERYONE, AFTER GRADUATING H.S. I WENT ON TO COLLEGE AND GOT MY AA DEGREE IN ADVERTISING DESIGN, THEN GOT MY BACHELORS. DID SOME FREELANCE WORK FOR MANY YEARS, SOLD SOME OF MY PIECES, AND LIVED THE LIFE OF AN ARTIST, AT THE TIME I WAS WORKING IN RETAIL, DID THAT FOR 15 YEARS, DID MORE FREELANCING, THEN MARRIED MY JUNIOR H.S. SWEETHEART IN 1988. WE HAD A 10 YEAR ROMANCE BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED, WE BOUGHT PROPERTIES, MOVED TO RIVERSIDE, HAD 2 BOYS-MARTIN JR. AND JONATHAN. MOVED TO COVINA, MY HUSBAND A CIVIL SERVANT AND GRADUATE OF OUR SAME H.S.--WORKMAN H.S. STILL MARRIED, ONE SON IN COLLEGE, ONE IN H.S. AND NOW LIVING THE HECK OUT OF LIFE. JUST ENJOYING EACH OTHER WITH OUR FAMILY. MARRIED FOR 20 YEARS AND GOING STRONG. I JUST WANT TO KNOW TWO THINGS...WHERE IS THE CLASS OF '81, AND WHEN IS THE NEXT REUNION?? WE WANT TO PARTY AND SEE OUR OLD FRIENDS. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S BEEN OVER 25 YEARS SINCE H.S. NICE TO SEE SOME ON CLASSMATES. LIFE IS GOOD.WE'VE BEEN BLESSED A HUNDRED TIMES OVER. CLASS OF '81 RULES I always wanted to be a ARTIST when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a GREAT idea. As it turns out, they were RIGHT. SWIMMI...Expand for more