[Magdalen] Reunion blues

[cady soukup]

Congratulations Scott -

A 'win' all around.

In about 2 weeks, I go to my 50th HS reunion in Downers Grove, IL,
mostly to meet with my best friend since 1956 who now lives in
Arizona. How we ever managed to stay friends is a miracle that
required a lot of maturing and forgetting. Anything beyond our getting
together is pure lagniappe. Our family members have mostly passed on
or moved elsewhere, so it may be our last trip to the Chicago area.
Her father was a mathematician for the Manhattan project in Chicago
and Los Alamos. My father and grandfather and great-grandfather owned
family hardware stores.

Cady

On 9/10/18, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
> I’m so glad to hear this, Scott.  All in all, the right decision to make,
> I’d say.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: Scott Knitter
> Sent: September 10, 2018 3:23 PM
> To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Reunion blues
>
> Hey, I made a decision about this: not to go. Working on feeling OK about
> it (I do, mostly). Fortunately there are a couple of people we could help
> with the money we paid; I told the organizers to apply the $ to someone
> else's fees, and there were a couple of people (not named to me) who were
> having trouble paying. I was actually glad to hear the money could help
> somebody go and have a good time. I sort of feel like they're taking our
> place. So yay.
>
> Mom said not to feel guilty, so I won't and I don't. Thanks for letting me
> air my anxieties here about this. I'll catch up with a couple of
> high-school friends later in a smaller gathering (lunch at a favorite place
> in East Cupcake).
>
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 1:40 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 40-year high-school class reunion next Saturday, and it looms like a
>> giant
>> chore in my anxious mind. Not so much the reunion itself, but I just
>> don't
>> want to use the weekend to make that trip.
>>
>> Working on "the thoughts that inform the feelings" about this. Mainly,
>> it's a big "should want" that isn't really an "I want." But what am I
>> here
>> for if it isn't to follow through on doing thinks I think others think I
>> should want?
>>
>> :) Scott, a weird kid.
>>
>> --
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>
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> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>
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