Our RGH Nursing Class of 1968 was incomplete
our stories were not ~
We honoured those that left this world too early
Letters were read from those unable to be with us.
Names and stories were written in yearbooks and a journal
to travel to homes, to be delivered to a classmate.
Amid laughter, shuffling and cheering
a ‘class picture’ was taken
over and over and over
on many cell phones and one good camera ~
one patient husband and then hotel staff enlisted.
Silence has fallen ~
for tonight.
Many will travel in the early morn,
visiting and laughter will continue
for those of us lingering a bit longer
savouring the last of this 50 Year reunion.
Mindful of the gift of this weekend,
we each return home with new memories.
“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship
of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.”
~ Robert Southey
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