Joan Prout:  

I spent the 13 years between Kindergarten and HS graduation living in the same house. There were about a dozen of us in the BHS class of 1969 who were together that entire time, and probably another 75 of us who were together from Peck. After college graduation, I moved 9 times in the following 11 years, then 6 times since then. I finally got to Europe in my 30s (belated junior year abroad or mid-life crisis...), met and married my soulmate (21 years and counting). I worked for the Federal Government, a couple of small companies, a company with 1,000,000+ employees, and, for the last 18 years, for myself as an independent contractor. (Real Estate Broker) I went to a couple of early reunions and crossed paths with a few classmates in the past. Then, in November, my mother passed away, and I was back in Barrington for her funeral. One of my classmates from Mrs. Gardiner's kindergarten through high school graduation came up to me at St. Lukes. It meant the world to me to have her there. It also made me realize how I've lost contact with so many people with whom I walked, played, sang and danced through the 1950s and 60s. (Does anyone else remember drinking a milk toast to President Eisenhower every day with Big Brother Bob Emery, while the band played "Hail to the Chief"?) I don't want to wait for a funeral or our 40th reunion to reconne...Expand for more