Our Meeting With Old Friends

Yesterday Mom and I went to lunch with Bob and Marilyn Stolarik, Joe and Carol Loughlin and Gene and Allie Malone. 60 years ago we were all seniors at Xavier High School on 16th Street in NYC. 55 years ago Gene and Bob and I went thru USMC OCS at Paris Island And USMC Basic Infantry School at Quantico together, although we didn't know it at the time.
Joe and Carol were down from Chicago visiting his sister. Bob and Maralyn came up from Fort Meyers for the luncheon. We had a great time reminiscing about the high school days and all the people. We all had memories that we shared with each other.
We were in the restaurant for three hours and we were laughing at the stories for the whole time. The funniest of all was Gene Malone. He has a great sense of humor and an unending variety of stories and the ability to tell them. It was a great afternoon and one that Mom and I will remember. I hope we are all able to do it again soon.