But, Mom, what if they don’t like me?
March 7, 2007 12:00 am UncategorizedI decided to give it a rest and take it up again fresh in February 2007.
Which is why, in March, I thought maybe I should take it up again. I just dove in and decided on the Apple Valley Zoo, because it offered all of the above criteria, allowed people to show off their actual children instead of just photos as so often happens at reunions, and because it is in the day, allows the Party animals to make their own crazy little reunion any night that weekend.
I’m actually quite behind in my contact information; the original outlook database is gone. So I sent out the mass email looking for any bits of info – and then had a small anxiety attack, remembering the 6 or so unbelievably unkind alumni who tore me to shreds over the last reunion (1 before the event, 4 at the reunion, and 1 after) while offering no help or understanding. It was like I owed them something and I wasn’t coming through.
As my heart raced this time I told myself I would never please everyone and that I would have good boundaries and could just stop if this got out of hand and how much more it matters to give people the opportunity to connect, to feel assured that they belong to some community, any community, in this sometimes cold world, and scanned the house for alcohol as I waited for the first responses.
Here’s what I got: some wise responses on remembering to not list alumni who have died in the list of those I have no contact info for, a heads up on one who had died that I didn’t know about, a good bit of advice about utilizing “my space”, contact info for some that I didn’t have, 5 or 6 “thank yous”, a couple of “hellos”, and a friendly reminder that I must have contact info for this person, since I sent them an email in that mass email.
So very encouraging, Thanks, class of 91. I’ll keep slogging through.]]>
