Lynne Christie:
CLASS OF 1969
John Marshall High SchoolClass of 1969
Indianapolis, IN
Lynne's Story
Life
I just reread what I had written three years ago and I found that many things had changed for me. This is being written in August of 2009, and I have been retired for three years now. I took an early retirement to care for my aging mother who I had two blessed years with before she passed on. I miss her, but not the pressure and worry of caring for her. My daughter is married (happily) two years already and Mom died just this past February. I no longer sing in the church choir or teach Sunday school. I have been traveling (Playa Del Carmin, MX in June, Phoenix in the fall, and Maine in the spring coming up). I read quite a bit, and volunteer at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I sold my home in the country about a year ago, and am currently living in an apartment in Plainfield, IN. I ride my bike, swim at the Aquatic Center, and walk in the beautiful parks here. I think I would like to buy a home again some day, but right now I just don't know where so, "here" is a very good place for now. Although living certainly brings its changes, I guess some things just never change about a person. There are days when I'm still the quiet, introspective little girl who could use a dose of confidence, and is waiting for someone to really care about her. On the other hand I have become a very resourceful an...Expand for more
d independent woman with a strong mind and a determination to live life to its fullest. Bravo to those who make life happen.
School
John Marshall High School was the place where I met my first challenges, and significant successes. 'Take Her She's Mine" (our senior class play) was the most fun I had in High School. I still remember parts of it as if it happened yesterday. How about the Variety Show and the Hippy Dippy Weatherman? 'Mister Sandman' and folk music?.. I relish the taste of remembering those first efforts at freedom and the excitement I felt at each new experience that was before me.
Mr. Ring's art classes and Mr. Byer's music classes were, hands-down my favorite. I still display art work that I created in Mr. Ring's class in my home, and I can still hear Mr. Byer's choral instructions in my mind as we work on songs in church choir. I guess really good teachers don't leave us, because we take what they have taught with us.
Although I loved being at John Marshall, I think that growing up is a painful process and for that reason I would not go back even if it meant I would get back my beautiful young body and fresh talent. I guess I'm satisfied with the person I have become. To remember the past is fun, but I'm afraid that going back might be more like a nightmare than a gift.
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