Okay… So this year I chose not to attend the formal reunion at Mt A. I guess I struggle somewhat with the traditional style of gathering. However, getting together with friends from those days is an entirely different thing. There are times when you turn around and say it’s been too long (and it really has). Nostalgia aside, it is important and healthy to reconnect, reconvene (re-everything) and step back to grab the bigger picture!
This year found me 25 years past my departure from Mt A and friends that formed the foundation of four years of life together sharing the university experience. As with life, contact with friends became sporadic as lives changed and we all followed the pulls and pushes of family and career that created new paths.
From the wilderness, however, comes a “call to action”! Formulated by our Irish band leader two years prior, the appeal was made to gather on the gentle island, PEI, in July of 2015 to reacquaint. The e-mail stream got busier as the weekend approached and preparations came together.
When all was said and done, three days later, the weekend seems a blur after a heartfelt sharing of food, story, drink and song. In retrospect, I’m so glad our family was afforded the opportunity… Nothing but a pleasure from start to finish!
I’ve taken the liberty of chronicling our days with word and image as a keepsake for ourselves and our children in the hopes that we can keep memories of our good fortune in the present…