Reunions

The posting on March 28 to celebrate my wife's birthday attracted heartfelt responses from her friends around the world.  It happens that these good friends are classmates of hers from way, way back, when they all attended a revered high school in Hong Kong.

Over the years, my wife and I have attended reunions in different parts of the world organized by the remarkably loyal graduates of this fine institution.  I use the term 'remarkably loyal' advisedly, for I personally know of no other group of alumnae (or alumni, for that matter) who share a love for their alma mater in as devoted a manner as these women do.  

They hold worldwide reunions every few years in cities where there are sufficient numbers of them to form effective working committees.  All of these reunions have been successes on a grand scale, and each time they attract hundreds of alumnae from all corners of the globe.

Equally remarkable in terms of loyalty are the husbands of these lovely women.  The menfolk are as much a part of the frequent school reunions as their spouses, and unreservedly they share each other's enthusiasm for those events. Even, in some cases, to the point of becoming teary-eyed when the women sing their school song.

In a few weeks' time we will join a number of my wife's classmates and their husbands on a week-long cruise to Alaska.  The last time we had the benefit of their company was about a year ago, on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera. This time will be even better.