Jeanne Agidius

Sixty years…oh my gosh. I’m so enjoying reading your updates, and looking forward to seeing many of you soon.

Still living each day in gratitude for loving family and friends, opportunities to connect with others to help make some difficult situations a little easier, plus traveling and exploring with Wayne. Regular Pilates classes help keep me upright and moving, but am I the only one who sneaks in an occasional nap?

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Me & my man

Fifty years?!!! I'm pretty excited about seeing lots of you again at the reunion, especially since I couldn't be there for the 45th. You'll know me; I'll be the one squealing and saying "Oh my word...I just can't believe it!"

Wayne & I are still traveling & exploring a lot. We've started doing some road trips that include hiking, while our bodies are still able. I admit, I'm purposely including pics of me being active: because you never know how long that's going to last ;-)

When we're home, most of our time is spent in various areas of volunteering. Two things that especially fill me with delight: being a Reading Buddy with a darling 2nd grader at a nearby school, and working at a non-food pantry. The stories of the people I meet there just touch my heart in ways I never dreamed. 

Like many of you have experienced, our family went through a difficult time last year as my mother's health failed, but this brought a special closeness with my brothers Pat and Paul as we worked through these struggles together. I've included a pic of the three of us, taken this summer. They still tease me mercilessly...and won't let me win at Monopoly...and I love them to pieces.

And, of course, the times we spend with our kids & grandkids are the best times of all. We all spent a week together at a beach house in Encinitas, CA, in March, but I'm NOT including the 678 pics from that week.

I've been trying to live more purposefully these days...to live in the present. Whatever that means, from day to day, I'm making a conscious choice. At the end of the day, I don't always feel I've done that, but I am trying.

Even if you can't come to the reunion, I hope you'll share your story on these pages. God bless.

Being silly with Bri & Allie	by Pend Oreille River	Hiking in Utah

Oh man, I HATE it that I can't come to our 45th reunion! I had so much fun 5 years ago. But no one told me how busy we'd be once we retired. We've always loved to travel, and now that we aren't restricted to X-weeks of vacation time, it's hard to know when to stop. When we get home, it's "Oh, it's SO nice to be home!", but then there's another place we'd like to explore, so check on airfare again. My bucket list includes Italy, so that might be in the works soon. (We've never done a tour, but someone said the Rick Steves tours were great...any imput?)

How do I keep young?...well, I haven't :) But playing hide 'n seek & tag with grandkids ages 5, 7 & 11 keeps me out of a rocking chair. Church & community projects, spending time with family & friends...a glass of wine on the deck at the end of the day...life is good. We never know what's just around the bend, but I trust in God for whatever is ahead.

So to my classmates of 1965, I raise my glass...cheers & Godspeed.

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