Bonnie Lerouge:
CLASS OF 1967
Garey High SchoolClass of 1967
Pomona, CA
Fremont Junior High SchoolClass of 1963
Pomona, CA
Bonnie's Story
A lot of people do not remember me from High School. I was out of school a lot due to Illness, when I was able to attend I was usualy not in an uplifted state of mind, mostly because the majority of teachers, at least then, was not there to listen or to try to understand why you are not in class, you look well so what is your problem, you should be at school and in class. Oh yes, and then there are the rumors that get started by thoes who do not know you personally or care enough to try and find out why you miss class so often, but, as my youngest daughter would say " hey its all good". I have been asked, if you could, would you go back and try it all again or reroute your life?, and at times I have give it some thought just what would it be like to go back and try again to see how my life might of turned out, then I stop and realy give it some deep thought, and I think then "OH HELL NO!". I have, overall, enjoyed my experiences, my encounters, the places I have visited, the people I have met (both good and bad) even the heart achs and brakes, this is who I am, and that is not a bad thing. It took me time to realize that I am a realy good person, I have a good heart, a vibrant personality, some times a little to out going but then thats me. I try to find some good in every person and in every thing that I do. When I enter into a new event I try it with my all. I LOVE people ( they are so entertaining)( well 99% that is), I do not care for rudness! I fell there is no excuse for anyone to try and make another person fell like a lessor being just because they may not fit into anothers relm or life style. I try not to harbor hurt or angery feelings because that just takes up time and space that I can use for enjoyment and fun (but to be truthfull I realy have to work on this). I tend to get my feelings hurt more often than not, but, that is not to say that I am week, I just have problems at times with understanding other peoples opinions towards me.
I have worked in numerious areas, from Mechanical to Medical, from Beauty to Realestate, from Education to waiting tables, Working for the Government or being the Safety Director for a cross country trucking firm. I have enjoyed it all -- just some more than others. I have always told my children and grand children you never know how something is or wheather or not a certain something is for you inless you try. and that holds true for pretty much every thing in life, try and if you don't like or care for something, then you don't have to do it again but at least you know you have tried and not someone else making that decission for you.
I do think that my most favorite and most fulfilling jobs has been; a mother,( I have two daughters, two step daughters and one step son.) and a grandmother.
If a person just sits around and fells sorry for themselves that makes me sad so I will almost always try to alter there way of thinking because I don't like to be sad (it only makes you old) I have and will try almost anything at least once when the oportunity presents its self and if it is not enjoyable or something I feel is for me than I have that option not to try it again, but, on the other hand I might just realy go gung ho and ride it to the hilt. I have come close to death a few times in my life and actually died once, but, it just wasn't my time so back I came. I know that we only ( generaly only) get one chance with no rehursels so inless you just care to vegitate then you better enjoy as much as you can and to the best that you can when ever you can , but, this is just my way of thinking. From every thing that has happened throughout the years I have grown and benifited, I have learned more in the years that has followed my school days than I could of ever obtained from the dictators that thought they had true rue over the roost. Well, enough of all that stuff. I just had to kind of vent and thats not a bad thing we all have to kind of clean out our pipes in order to keep going,right?,
So now for that sector of my life that not every person enjoys hearing about, but, oh well = I am a grandmother of 16 beautiful granchildren ranging from the ages of 6 through 23 years. My oldest is my beautiful Brittany, she wa...Expand for more
s married last year, the day after Thanksgiving and what a beautiful wedding, it was a garden wedding and each guest was given a small box and was instructed not to open it until they said their vows. Within each box were 2 or 3 butterfly's and with 150 guests, well, you just have to see to appreciate the beauty. She is a full time student and her husband is employed at Kaiser Hospital. Bad part of that story is, no great grand babbies from there family for at least 7 years. I told her I felt that she was being unreasonable and greedy, she told me, Grandma, you don't need a great grand baby, you have me and I will always live right next door to you.
My oldest grandson, Dennis, (the son and only child of my youngest daughter Wanda) just graduated from Don Bosco High with two associates degrees. He has been offered a full four year scholarship from West Point, but he informed me that he isn't sure if that's what he wants because along with it comes the not so great part of having to sign with the government for four years after he graduates. At Dennis' Graduation, my daughter (through her tears) ask me, Mom, do you remember when Den was a baby how we stressed over the cost of an education. Hoping, that he would be able to attend more than just a community college. Well, how things have changed, now instead of, will we be able to come up with the tuition, it's, out of the seventeen Universitys that has offered scholarships, which one do we accept. As I mentioned, I love being a mother and I truly felt that nothing else could ever come close to that feeling, but, being a grandmother has almost pushed mother hood into second place, so much so my licience plate frame reads=My Grandchildren are a lot Prettier and Smarter than yours. The not so funny part of that is, they truly are. A few years ago I begin to jot down some of the things they would say or do so I could be sure and remember it all. Well, now it has become so funny and so entertaining, I have decided that it should become a book that can be enjoyed by all. It will be entitled, From the Mouth of Babes.
I got married right out of highschool and was married for 2o years. My first husband died from a heart attack following a surgery at the age of 62. We owned two autobody, paint, and towing business. I remarried, an individual in the medical field and that lasted one week. My my, just what in the hell was I thinking, well, it;s evident I wasn;t. I have always felt that things happens for a reason, reguardless of what it is, but, ya know, I still can;t figure out why that segment of my life occured. Then I met and married my current husband we dated one week and have been married 21 years. We have a mechanics garage in Upland, he has been there in the same location almost 50 years.
In May of 2000 I purchased a Harley Davidson Fat boy for Robert for Fathers Day.( My second Harley, Bobs first.) Three years ago we went to Sturges, and what an experience. We stayed at the Buffalo Chip camp ground, I have never seen so many bikes in one place, ever. It was pretty amazing. There was all walks of life from Lawyers to Preachers. I was impressed that there were no terrifying events as a results from that many people in one small place. Thousands of bikers every where you looked and the ages oh my, from late teens through seventies. Fun times by all, in our camp ground there was 24-hour entertainment. GREAT music, well known bands. Regrets, only that I didn't go sooner, I think if I were in my twenties or thirities, when my inhibitions were less repressed, my memorries of Sturges would be on a more colorful level than they are. Well, maybe that wouldn't of been such a good idea after all, but, I'll never know.
In 1999 we drove to Alaska thinking seven weeks would be suficient, but it was not near enough time. Though I did get to see the Nothern lights. Great place to vacation . I have now been through all of the United States and have seen some fantastic places and some real dumps as well, and I think that California has it all . Where else can you go the mountains, to the deserts, and or the beach within a few hours, true this state has some things that need attending to but over all it's not so bad.
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