Two more people had e-mailed me just before or just after the reunion, and I didn’t know it until I checked my e-mail today:
- Pam Brunk Fahndrich wrote from Oregon to say she just couldn’t make it to Virginia right now, and that she hopes to make the next one.
- Lisa Yoder, who I may or may not get used to called Ana Lisa one of these days, wrote: “We are so sorry not to make it for the weekend but are thinking about all of you. There is a memorial for our son Javid, who died in April, on Sunday [October 21]. Many thanks to everyone who wrote in to our website and if anyone is interested in an update on our lives, my husband, Tony Lapp, started a blog a bit ago which includes information about our son.” The blog is at www.weeplanet.com. For those of you that didn’t know, Javid was born in October 2006 at only 24 weeks. Ana Lisa and Tony live in Philadelphia. I have to admit, I wondered whether to say something about Javid at the reunion, but decided that since I hadn’t heard from Ana Lisa about the reunion, I wouldn’t. After looking through their blog, I wish I had–it’s a terrible, wonderful story they tell there. Go look and send them your best.
By the way, those of you who were just at our house might like to know that Ana Lisa’s mom, Anne, was the realtor who helped us find and buy it. One of those old connections that comes in handy; when we were moving here, I was never sorry I’d gone to EMHS, what with all the people I already knew who helped us out. Anne was great, even after I dug up a picture of her daughter and me at Junior/Senior banquet.
More coming soon, including pictures from the reunion.
