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Gayle Laurene Thomas (Reed)

12/26

I'm asking for prayers for Larry and Lana Doehlemen. I checked in with Lana tonight. He's having a hard time being away from home. And he can't get warm.

This was her message on Dec 16

Just to let you know Larry has been at the va for days . He is getting ready to go to a rehab not to far from here. He has not done any walking for over a week. So I’m hoping that this will help him. 

And this was from Sep 6

Larry has recently been diagnosed with PSP Progressive Supernucleor (? spell) Palsy.  It is a sister to Parkinson's. There is no cure and no meds known to take.

Love, Gayle

James William (Jim) Bauer

Hang in there Larry, we are ALL with you in our thoughts, memories and prayers.

Bobbijean Wells (Yingling)

Larry,

Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers!!!  We are all pulling for you.  God bless you.

Paul Edward Stout

Larry, my thoughts, hopes, wishes and PRAYERS are with you. I am pretty sure you are a "fighter" and do your best at fighting this thing. 

Looking to hear some good news,

paul

Cynthia Dee (Cyndy) Schmidt (Lowry)

Larry, sending prayers to you and Lana.  Cyndy Schmidt Lowry

Douglas Hall

Larry  joining others  with prayers  for a mirical God  can do it .

James William (Jim) Bauer

Please gang, be careful........Yeasreday I wen to a New Years party and had a few beers, then several shots and finally several glasses of champaaigne.........I still had the good sense to know that I was over my limit.  That's when I decided to do what I have never done before.....I took a cab home.  Sure enough there was a police road block on the way home, and since it was a cab.....they waved it past.  I arrived home safely without incident.  This was both a great relief and a surprise because I had never driven a cab before.  I don't even know where I got it from and now that it is parked in my hanger.....I don't know what to do with it.

Harry Lee (Lee) Task

EASY....sell it on Ebay!   (Oh, and who was your English teacher....your posting needs spelchuk....)  ;-)

Kathy Lynn Goodman

Or you could use it to make a few extra bucks.  Because Lee is right - you will never make it as an English teacher.

Sally Lucas (Patterson)

Just add it to your collection and remember to let the cars out. 

James William (Jim) Bauer

Oh well, when my fingers are speeding over the type face I have little time or concern as to prooper smelling. Hehehe!!

James William (Jim) Bauer

Oh and don't fergett that I gradiated to Fairburn High Scool.....(8~{)

James William (Jim) Bauer

And what's more....my perfect memory reminds me that my English teacher was Cynthia and Sylvia's mother.    HA, SO THERE!... 

Sally Lucas (Patterson)

PAYMORE ATTENTION TO YOUR SMELLING,,

James William (Jim) Bauer

YES DEER !!

Gayle Laurene Thomas (Reed)

I found this piece dated March 3, 2006. I think it was when Carl Porter came to town for a visit. It's titled Passion and Pain. I don't think I've shared it before. But if I have, it's worth repeating...

When I got home last night I realzied what a special time we had. As I looked around the table, I saw a sea of faces. But when I looked more closely at each of you, I began to see the passion and pain that have brought you to this place in your lives.

Each of us is special. There is only one Thurman Lee or Carl Porter. Some may say, thank God. But the truth is, the puzzle of life can't be seen and fully appreciated until all of us are there. The kindergarten teacher gave each student a piece of a puzzle. One of the children wasn't there so when they connected the pieces, the picture wasn't complete. That piece was missed. Each of you is missed when you are not there.

I love you all. Blessings and peace to you this day and every day. And Happy Birthdy as each of you arrives at your 60th year.

Love, Gayle

It's now January 15, 2021 and we are now approaching 75. We're losing our classmates all too soon. I wanted to pause and tell you how much you all mean to the Fairborn High School Class 0f 1964 and to me. 

Kathy Lynn Goodman

The story of the kindergarten teacher giving each child a puzzle piece in Gayle's essay hit a resonant chord in that cloistered corner of my mind where thoughts go to ferment.  It has been canoodling around in there for a while and a germ of a metaphor has been growing into an embryo.  It is not full term yet but it has enough form that I want to share it with you.

When we are born our world is a single puzzle piece.  We quickly add a couple of more pieces to our picture.  In the beginning this picture is sharp and defined and in primary colors.  Red, blue, yellow reflect our joy and happiness and love.  Slowly we start to add more pieces and purple, green, and orange lend more depth to our picture.  Each piece has its own unique shape and nuances of color begin to appear: the violets, siennas, ambers, colbalts, scarletts, pinks, emeralds and golds.  As we grow and more pieces of our world are revealed it becomes difficult to keep everything in focus at the same time.  Parts of the picture fade to the background and develop fuzzy edges and the colors become muted as other parts of the picture come into focus and their colors become bright.  But nothing is static, we are constantly shifting our focus and different parts become sharp and well defined at different times.  There are pieces that remain firmly in the center of our picture and pieces that move in and out.  But nothing is ever lost.  They are always there if only as the muted background of our picture.  These are the pieces that provide the depth and texture of our lives.  They are what make us what we are.  No piece is insignificant and no piece is ever lost.  Now as I prepare to enter the 4th quarter (not to mix metaphors) I find myself wandering around my picture, picking up different pieces and spending time with them, if only in my mind.  I cherish each piece, the pretty ones, the ugly ones, the happy ones, the sad ones the yellows and the greys.  I am becoming so very aware of how each piece has come to make the whole and how different the picture would be if even one piece was not there.  My picture is not complete.  I have more pieces to add and more colors to explore.  I am so happy that I have your piece as part of my picture and hope you are pleased to have my piece in yours.

Kathy Lynn Goodman

Got my first shot this am at kettering Health Network clinic in Jamestown.  They were very busy but had things runnning very efficiently.  I was in and out in 30 minutes including a 15 minute safety wait after the shot.  Kathy

Dennis Morgan (Denny) Brown

Good to hear.  I am hearing we may have some side effects with the second Pfizer vaccine.  I guess we'll see!

Kathy Lynn Goodman

I got the Moderna.  No side effects so far.

Gayle Laurene Thomas (Reed)

I am getting my first dose this Wednesday. I think it's Pfizer.

Wanted to share this with you from a friend in Dayton: 

One minute you're 20 in the 70's...next thing you know you're 70 in the 20's.

My friends here in Dublin are almost all younger than me. Had to send it to an older crowd!!

Dennis Morgan (Denny) Brown

Good to hear!!  Second shot next week!

Paul Edward Stout

Down here where I am it seems the second Pfizer affects more women than men. Symptoms to include H/A, nausea, flu like achyness, and pain/soreness in the arm. I didn't have any symptoms with either as none of the men I know did either but their wives and lady friends did. Madurna seems to have many similar symptoms also. Don't know if this a regional thing or not. Hope all of you have no problems.

paul

James William (Jim) Bauer

It all depends on the color of the lolly pop they give you. 🤠