May 2011...emails from Classmates
Iris Shapiro DeWoskin writes: Nothing has changed including the fact that I owe the two of you my apologies for not writing sooner to let you know how special our reunion was to me and to thank you for all of your hard work.  My intentions were to write as soon as I got home.   Unfortunately, days turned into weeks, etc. and my note never got written.  As I wrote a cousin recently, "I think about family and friends while I am driving, but when I reach my destination, I am always focused on something else."  That's what happens when one is 68 years old and holds two basically volunteer jobs.  I have not even looked at the reunion pictures on-line.  When I go on the computer, it is to quickly check e-mail, take care of what is imminent and go off with the intention to get back on sooner rather than later.  It never happens.  Thank you for the follow-up e-mail which forced the issue to write.

In addition, the past year was another crazy one - nothing terrible, just crazy.  My husband, Alan, had 3 abdominal hernias repaired which knocked out most of December and all of January.  On April 2, our oldest grandson became a Bar Mitzvah in Kansas City, KS.  Our youngest son is in the process of moving from Philadelphia to Florida - he will become the Associate Rabbi at the Reform congregation in Cooper City, just west of Ft. Lauderdale.  Our middle son and his wife are expecting our 7th grandchild (their second child) in November.  Unfortunately, our daughter-in-law does have problems with each pregnancy.  At least they live in St. Louis (1 1/2 miles from us) so I am available to help when needed. 

We have weathered (excuse the pun) the tornados which hit St. Louis and much of the midwest without any damage.  Just some tense moments.  Hope all is well with you in Pittsburgh. 

Again, thank you so much for all that you did. 
Regina Ress writes: Here I am...near Santa Fe last NOvember.   I'm spending the summer there. I've a number of friends, including Allderdice alum JoAnne Klineman Tucker.

I am on the board of a non-profit organization that JoAnne has started, Healing Voices-Personal Stories.
Our mission is to raise public awareness of women's striving to overcome abusive trauma through the creation and distribution of film and video.  I will be telling stories at a benefit for the organization in Santa Fe on September 1st.

Any other TAHS grads out that way, we hope you will join us!
http://www.healingvoices-personalstories.org/ 

regina ress