Reconnecting with old friends ... Our Stories

1977

 Julie Foster Lombart -- July 15, 2005

Sara Liedtke and I didn't know each other in high school or even Martha
Brown where I was a 7th grader in 1977 and she a Freshman. Gasp! Can you imagine a freshman hanging around a 7th grader?

Sara and I have kids that went to Dudley and Northside Schools together. I saw her every morning for the past 3 yrs as we dropped our sons off at the before school program. Our son's battle Pokemon and Yu Gi Oh! card games with each other!

At the 4th's Party in the Park this year, I saw "Sara" heading towards me thinking she was coming over to say hi (and she did say hi), but she was really heading to the Class of 1980's gathering which was just past where I was situated with my family and friends (Terry Drew - - remember him??).

Any way, I was curious as to which "Sara" from the Class 0f 80 she was. So I anxiously awaited the photos to see. Low and behold it's Freshman Cheerleader from Martha Brown Sara Liedtke!

So Sara - - Check out the old 1976-1977 MB yearbook! You can find me in the 7th grade section trying to grow out my Dorothy Hammill hairdo!

1977

Julie (Foster) Lombart
Class of 1982

 
Mary Ann (Fisher) Ericson -- September 21, 2003

About 7 years ago, I was in the children's play area of the Peabody, Mass. mall with my then 1-yr old daughter, Jane. I heard a voice calling "Mary Ann Fisher" and thought, whoa, that's a name I haven't heard in over 10 years. It turned out to be Robin Miller, now Robin Radner. I can't believe she actually recognized me after so long and so out of context.

Turns out her daughter and mine are only a week apart in age. Robin had moved to Massachusetts just shortly before we met up and knew absolutely nobody.

I am very grateful to have reconnected with Robin, and very quickly remembered why I liked her so much in high school. We (and our daughters) have become very good friends and try to get together every month or so. When neither of us could make the 20th reunion party, we held our own a few weeks later -- okay, it was really my daughter's birthday party -- but we still had fun eating cake and catching up.

Since I moved so far away, it's been difficult to keep up with old friends, but Robin came back into my life with a connection going back to high school. She's been a lifeline for me as we've gone through the isolations and difficulties of having young children far away from close family and trying to balance careers and kids. I'm so glad she recognized me that day in the basement of the North Shore Mall.