Debbie Murphy:  

a community mover/shaker for years but notice that I now spend less time looking at what the community needs and more time looking at what I need and what my family needs. If I have gotten selfish in my 60's, I think it is a good thing. I do volunteer in the local elementary school and teach classical music appreciation to 4th and 5th grade classes. It's fun to introduce classical pieces to kids who have only heard rap and hip-hop. They are surprised when they recognize the classical music from video games and movies or cartoons. I nagged my sons a lot to get them to practice music and in exchange I learned a lot about classical music. They now play beautiful music on cello, classical guitar and violin, so I won all around. I love to do things that make me feel really alive but aren't too dangerous: Fly in small planes with experienced pilots; speak in front of large groups of people; rappel down inside caves with a harness on; travel to foreign countries where I don't speak the language and arrive with no reservations; drive through snow storms with the windows down; hike to small beautiful lakes in the sierras; horseback ride to a volcano in Mexico and then ride back in a thunderstorm. I live life on a reasonably safe edge. I have visited with Westchester High Lydian girlfriends every year since the last reunion. We bring back memories for each other that put smiles to our faces. We remind each other that our old friends are thinking us of all the time. I know I think of them, yet it is surprising to find that they also think of me. I am really looking forward to this reunion more than ever before.