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| Peace River at Bowling Green, FL |
In a message dated 10/15/2012 9:35:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, JOHNWAYNECLARK writes:
Wayne,
sorry you couldn't make it [to the 50th Hardee High School
reunion Oct 13, 2012]...you were missed...jwc
Thanks
John Wayne,
I
know my fellow classmates put a lot of hard work into the reunion,
and I only found out I could not attend at the last moment. I have
lived several places in Florida, but for me home will always be
Bowling Green and my school experience best recollected at Hardee
High. I have had countless blessings over my lifetime but surely one
of the greatest was the privilege of becoming of age within a place
where respect was mutually shared and love was practical and real.
Now I am at last coming to realize (upon seeing how it is for many
not so fortunate) how God blessed me upon the threshold of adulthood.
When I think of those bright, sunlit days graced by the ancient
winding flow of Peace River inviting adventure, I rail with
Shakespeare when he found that too often "simple truth [is]
miscalled simplicity."
Well,
we're not done yet so still need to apply lessons garnered in our
formative years--such as "always do your best, that's all that
you can do."
I
look forward to joining our entire class for our 100th reunion on the
far banks of the Jordan. Perhaps then when all is clear we will come
to discover that the highest rated saints among us in '62 were the
most mischievous "Charlie Browns" of our class—but then
again, perhaps we knew it all along.
Love,
Wayne
Standifer
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