1966 Class Notes for 2021
The year 2020 – a whole new vocabulary appeared. The year 2021 “zoomed” into life, so very different in so many ways.
Several Green classmates shared their experiences, some in the Before Time.
Sister Anne Kendrick organized a zoom meeting for her HOPE Ministry to raise needed funds.
Jeanne DuPont Dutra noted the death of Mary Wilson of the Supremes, a mainstay of our musical memories. “We have restrictions in our current situation, but the resources to keep safe.” And “hurray for curbside delivery!”
Irene Ryan Shaw “found her old missal, with holy cards and a Georgetown prom photo.” Looking closely, she concluded that Norah O’Donnell of evening news fame is the daughter of Frank O’Donnell (Irene’s date) and a 1995 Georgetown grad. Irene was probably “sorting out” as so many are doing.
Carol Tobin vacationed in Hot Springs, AK before travel stopped. Virtual doctor visits and Zoom encounters turned into new skills for many of us.
Virginia Lopez Begg enjoyed a trip in 2019 to Asturias in northern Spain, the home of her great great grandparents. “A dream of a lifetime, spectacularly beautiful with ocean, mountains, history, culture and fabulous food.” At home, her book club met in a church parking lot, not so strange these days.
Sarah Murray Mahoney, while “still at the helm”, feels the isolation of the past year but “counts her blessings.”
Who knew vaccinations would arrive for us first? Hopefully we are all covered by now. Our family has followed all the protocols and managed the demands of the past year. I feel so badly, though, for all school children nursery through college. “Online” does not compare to “in class.” All the exciting events of growing-up are shared in the rectangle of a screen. Irene’s prom would not happen now!
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo in “The Fellowship of the Ring.” But it did and we are all changed as we are for much of life. Let us hope for better times and remember to enjoy them and hold them dear.
Valerie Quandt Sperber
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