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Chris Heston
Dear Friends,
First off, yeah I know I'm late to the fest but thanks to everyone who did anything on our committee, at the very least we owe y'all a debt of gratitude, you've been carrying water for us a good while and for that I thank you!
There was this fellow....
Who lived in Houston many years ago by the name-a Gus Wortham. Dude was a mover & a shaker before that was even in our lexicon, had several big cattle ranches, helped build the Astrodome and started one of the biggest insurance companies in town among many other enterprises. He was also responsible for quite a few of what you could call, I dunno, for the lack of a better term, bourgeoisie-redneck sayings. One in particular- "You could go to El Paso with him." Effen ya don't know it El Paso is a long, long, 800 miles and for the most part really boring drive, so I'm thinking what Gus meant by that, he was describing someone who you wouldn't mind spending quite a lot of time with.
But of course! On to the reunion. First, we gathered in Sirnas just like we did for the 10th, when lo and behold after a few beers we realized we didn’t hate each other after all. We really have a special group of friends! Boy goshdarn haawdee it was wall to wall! Though some of us have grown a bit more refined over the years, there's some things that haven’t changed much. Well, our waistlines and hair maybe. That, and the price of paint has gone up.
Overheard......
I remember hearing one good story (that I won't repeat) and sayin, "When did you do all that stuff?" The reply? ‘In my dreams.’ (We all laughed but I don’t think he was kidding.) Someone else told me "You’ve come a long ways since Bedford High!" Yeppers, about 1400 miles. I have to say I'm blessed to still have a lot of friends and fun here. Years ago I told my kids that, well, yes I did ride horses here in Ohio, which of course is true. I still feel at home here, and it feels great though our paths don’t cross near as much. How are ya doin?’ Are you working or having fun? Well a little bit of both. Had as much fun here as anywhere and that’s saying a lot.
I tried, I really did try getting to as many of 'youse guys' as I could! I think it was Tim that announced this was the last big reunion. Well maybe so, but if another is ever planned, and I don't have to crawl through too many miles of charded glass, I'd suit up and show up. There was a song a long while back that said "There's a whole lotta things I ain't never done, but I ain't never had too much fun."
The women in our class. Oh my y'all still look as good as ever! Much better than us guys and we tried to step up our game best we could too!
Ironic that this happened in the autumn - fitting that.
All too soon, it was time for me to leave.
But of course I didn’t want this moment to go.
Yannow what though? I'd go to El Paso with any of y'all, and that's the truth. Thanks to all for being my friend.
Happy Trails, and of course as always, May God Bless,
-Chris
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