Always Something There to Remind Me

Shelley Weysham Fulk sent me this great picture of her and Michael Compton at his prom in 1984. She also sent me recent pictures of her beautiful children and her husband, Tom. However, you will have to wait to receive your memory book to see those.

You know that we’ve been calling it a “memory book,” but what it really contains are updates and current photographs, not just memories. Maybe the logic behind the name is, “This will jog your memory of each classmate,” or something. (Am I stretching?) I’ve been receiving comprehensive stories that include timelines and children’s names and accomplishments and shout-outs. (Yo.) But I’m getting stingy about what I share on the blog because I want the memory book to be a good read.

I will be mailing the books directly to both reunion attendees and those who cannot attend but who purchased the book separately. This choice is giving me more time to include the late questionnaires and biographies I’m still receiving. In case you haven’t sent me anything for your entry but you still have the desire, you now have two more days, until Friday, June 2.

Isn’t this book-publishing process a great reflection of life in general? The story-keeper giveth (extended deadline!), and the story-keeper taketh away (fewer current photos on blog, at least for a few weeks).