I am having an LSS since this morning. James Taylor….You’ve Got A Friend, Fire And Rain. Wow, I miss listening to his songs.
Back in high school, there was this guy (he was my oldest brother’s classmate) who sang the blues and strummed his guitar like JT. Everyone, my classmates and I got a crush on him. In every joint program in school, he had the intermission number. Boys and girls were separated during our high school days so we only saw each other during joint activities. Which reminds me, today is the start of our golden celebration/grand reunion since we left our high school alma mater back in 1973. It is a week-long celebration with some schoolmates/classmates coming back home from abroad to join the scheduled activities. Some classmates asked me if I am joining. How could I? I could not leave mom alone here. They are scheduled to go out of town and enjoy the events.
Today we also celebrate the Feast Day of St. Thomas Aquinas, an Italian Dominican friar and priest, a philosopher, theologian and doctor of the Church. He is the patron saint of the University of Santo Tomas where I spent high school and college days. It is around this time when most graduates of UST have their reunions. One schoolmate told me that the grand reunion for all Thomasians will be held on Sunday.
How lovely to reminisce high school days and all because of the lyrics of one song….you just call out my name and you know wherever I am, I’ll come running to see you again.
Don’t you miss that kind of friendship during your younger years and you were just beginning to discover what a beautiful world it was because you had kind and loyal friends? And aren’t you blessed and lucky that you are still friends after all these years? I do and I am. So glad there are now social media sites where we could meet.
What a wonderful thing friendship is🥰❤💐
Dreams And Escapes 
My Jesuit grammar school was located in a parallel street to the Ursuline convent grammar. We were not supposed to meet except for the annual dance – where I met my first girl friend
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Some Catholic schools are very strict that way. Nissa spent her grade school days in all-female college. But it was a very good foundation for her. So you were Jesuit educated, that was lovely🥰
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I consider myself very lucky to still be in regular contact with three friends from my schooldays. It is lovely to share memories when we talk on the phone, or meet in person.
Best wishes, Pete.
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We are indeed lucky if we could maintain a friendship like what we have. When we see each otherm it seems like it was only yesterday that we were together, isn’t it?
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You may be delighted to know that acoustic guitar and song writing still flourishes at my granddaughter’s Catholic high school. They just had a “coffee house” evening where she sang an original song to her own guitar accompaniment. Everything old is new again!
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That is truly lovely Elizabeth. I wish I’ll be able to listen to that kind of music again but I have severe hearing loss on my two ears and the left one is infected, that is why I go to my ENT once a week😘
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