Ramona Reunion Class of 88'

I had to get to Ramona a little early to help set up the memerobillia items I brought to share with everyone. I brought our old school uniforms, dance flyers, prom booklets, etc. Many of my classmates recalled these items but most seemed not to have kept them. The first few familiar faces I saw were Tisha Neal, Suzie, Alina, Sarahi and Melissa Abich. They all looked the same. In talking with them I had found out that one of our classmates Emily Marquez had died about 10 years ago from breast cancer. She was the most beautiful girl in our class. She left behind her twin children and never ended up marring the man who fathered them.
We had already stared in on the sangria when a large group of our class walked up the steps and their was one of my best buddies Kathrine Blum. She still looked like the same old Kat to me. Beautiful long blonde hair, all thin and healthy looking. We started to talk right away using every minute to catch up on what we have been up to over the past 20 years. Both Kathy and I graduated from Cal Sate University Long Beach with B.A's, married nice men, and both of us have 3 children. The other long time buddy of mine who was there was Mary Tomlinson (now Mu Larsen). She was so slender, wearing braces, and just stared life off with her second marriage (no kids) and would be finishing up her graduate degree studying Chinese medicine. She looked like she was doing well.
The time flew by and we played a few silly "remember when"/ 'Life at Ramona" games and I was able to win 2 prizes. One for being the farthest person to travel to attend the reunion and the the other for winning some quiz. We watched a slide show of photos that were sent in by the class and took a tour of the campus. It was a really fun time with things finally wrapping up after 5PM. I had planned on seeing Marina Stewart and Lorraine Bertoneau later and needed to head up to Altadena for the evening. Lots of hugs and phone numbers, emails exchanged, then I headed out to the Stewart's place. Ramona as I remember it before the Oct. 88' quake, all the Ramona women who attended, the survivors of the reunion (ladies who attended Ramona since 7th grade), Kathy and I.