Teresa Turner:  

I moved to Flint, MI from KY, at the age of 10, and was enrolled into Lincoln Elem. Despite my Southern accent,(kids can be so mean!) I made alot of great friends,(Julie Thibeaut,David Hutchens,Gordon Abbott,Sharon Yost)and had my first crush, (Phillip Klee). I mention this because we soon moved to the Beecher/Mt.Morris area and I became one of the many temp. students who sat in the gymnasium of Daly Elem. while const. on Dolan Jr. High was completed. That's where I met "my lifetime, never forget friends". The friends I grew up with. Susie, Marcia, Peggy, Sherry, Gail, Patty, Linda, Debbie, Blanche, Lois, Mark, Sparky, Howard, Bobby, Rick, C.J., Barbara, JoLonda, Don, and so many others. During my Senior year at Beecher High, I had to transfer to Southwestern HS due to family conflicts, and finished senior year there, back with the kids from Lincoln Elementary! Bittersweet. I have tried to attend the Beecher Class of '72 reunions and it always makes me sad when people don't show because of what they have or don't have. Or how much they've changed or what direction their life took. Who cares? Here is what a reunion means to me: It's an opportunity. I was so crippled by shyness that it kept me from telling my classmates what they meant to me. Example: I let true friends walk out of my life because o...Expand for more