“As I was watching us laugh and play yesterday, I reflected on the faces of now experienced women. It was AWESOME in the AWE sense of the word. I had never seen that transformation before, but yesterday every one of you were beaming, and I could see the stories in your faces. We have so much to say in our lines, and brows, and smiles!” Donna
This statement evolved from a casual discussion to a flourish of ideas, lots of laughs & finally into a deeper look within. The smiles, laughs, camaraderie & unconditional love over the years shone forth. As we expressed our wildest visualizations of our future, the years faded. Gone were the liver spots, now freckles, grey hair now highlights, cellulite… proof of a road well traveled and the crow’s feet turning each of us into a bird of paradise!
How do we celebrate a lifelong friendship that began in grade one of a Catholic school in a small suburban town? What is it that separated us from the PSK (Public School Kids) and bonded us for life, with their dubious distinction, as the “Saint Mary’s Fairies”?
As we reminisce, perhaps it was the Sisters of St. Joseph, the May Processions, First Friday Masses and our Monsignor along with the Holy Spirit that has kept us in God’s good graces over the years. There were the blended disciplines of the Baltimore Catechism and the Palmer Method of writing that helps us to document our life today. And did I mention Gregorian Chants? Singing the glorious chants may be the closest we came to being angels! With all these mentioned, it was our choice to embrace & celebrate our ‘Circle of Friendship’ over the years…not just the waiting for the ‘glory days’ of our pending sainthoods, that brought us to blog collectively today…for we are divine works in progress!
Our St. Mary Fairytale blog is presented to you from members of the 1967 8th grade graduation class of St. Mary School, Stoughton, MA.
Welcome.
Cathy
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