Curley's Celebrating Kid's Graduation --Part Three

Kristin

Kristin #2

Trevor and Gabby

Curley's Celebrating Kid's Graduation --Part Two

Olivia took the camera and therefore there's photos of the photographer--me! She actually took several of these...of me getting down to the great old rock and roll Don had blaring for us yesterday. I love old rock and roll and will just boogie down shamelessly! And with no alcohol either! Let's all try to dance like no one is watching!! It's so liberating!

Just enjoying these special kids.... how I love them! How they give me hope....

MICHELLE!!! This one is for you! A very honest picture of Kim with all her wrinkles and flaws for the cyber world to see! Clearly demostrates how much fun I had with these kids yesterday. Ah--the good times!!

I embrace my age. I'll be 50 this coming Friday. So very much in my head and heart about aging. I'm planning a cathartic post hopefully later this morning that reveals a journey from painfully lived teenage angst to middle-aged contentment. I love what I am today and have recently just so happened to have the need to dig out my journals from my teen years and haven't read them in probably 20 years. Wow. The Journey. The Growth. More to come on this--hopefully there will be time in next day or so.....

Curley's Celebrating Kid's Graduation --Part One

Pam Curley, Aly's mom holding one of their pets. We gathered at the Curley's yesterday, Mother's Day (May 11, 2008) to honor Aly Curley and friends graduation from their first four years of formal education. Olivia is not among them as she has another semester to go and will finish in December. Olivia and most of her pals all plan to go on for further education, Olivia hopefully going to Boulder, Colorado (can't recall the name of this school right now) to get her master's in Art Therapy and Aly is going to Western Carolina for a master's in social work, Kristin is going to Pennsylvania for...hmmm....something to do with being a RA or something....she'll have to fill me in better. Trevor is moving to NYC in September for theatre and I think he's planning on some more education as well as working full time in theatre. These are very smart, very grounded, purpose-driven kids! I salute them!

We had a great time yesterday in spite of the dreary weather. Grilled fabulous hamburgers and took a spin around the lake on the Curley's pontoon boat. We sat around and listened to the kids stories and their teasing each other. It was just great fun!

Don Curley, Aly's dad.

My Livvie....

Pretty little thing on the left is also named Kristin. I told her she reminds me of Izzie on Gray's Anatomy. Just classic beauty! And that's Kristin in the middle and Trevor on the right. And of course that's our Gabby watching the water go by....

A very cute Kristin. I did not know until yesterday that she was a sex educator! (Livvie tells me that Kristin has taken three levels of sex ed classes for her involvement in RA at UNC-A) I thought her major was journalism! Shows how much I listen! I just loved hearing the kids talk yesterday about sexuality. They are so open and accepting. Just amazing how frank and honest they are...no hangups there. None of that Victorian/religious crap to contend with. Ah! How far ahead they are of me and my peers at the same age! It's such a good thing....