Less than a year away!

Last weekend, Kirse, Amy, and I attended the 15-year reunion for the Class of 1993.

Kirse traveled more than 6,000 miles round-trip, found round-the-clock child care for the three children she left behind, and helped Amy take care of her baby here, when it turned out Amy had to travel without her husband. She also took the time to visit every single class headquarters and attend a constant stream of events, while also investigating almost every venue on campus as a potential site for our headquarters, dinners, or other gatherings.

Amy traveled from several hours away by car with her 9-month-old, Sam, who was an absolute sweetheart about his first trip away from his dad--and his home. [Photo, right: Naomi, Susan Bullivant (who started class of '94, but graduated '93), and Elizabeth Solaka '93 at the Saturday night class dinner.]

The whole thing was exhausting for all of us and I'm tremendously grateful to Kirse and Amy for the sacrifices they are making in service to our class. I knew they would do a terrific job, but in true Smithie style, they are overachieving already.

Kirse will be sending me a blog to post sometime in the next week or so--her first one!--and hopefully I'll have some photos to post as well. We were so busy, we hardly took any photos, but Elizabeth Solaka '93 snapped quite a few and will share them with us soon. [Below, photo from Elizabeth Solaka of the Alumnae Parade on Saturday morning.]

Highlights of reunion for me were getting to spend time in my old house, Cushing (there's some new, hideous wallpaper downstairs, and the dining room is much-improved--they have fountain soda!); Illumination Night; seeing friends; eating in Smith houses; exploring campus; and sipping champagne late at night with my best friends from the Class of '93.

If you have friends from other classes, they are welcome to come to reunion, by the way. They would march with the 1776 group in the alumnae parade (if they wanted) and can attend events, such as the all-reunion dinner on Thursday night.

If you or your friends are thinking of coming to reunion and don't want to register and/or stay on campus, it's important to make other arrangements at least six months in advance. The Hotel Northampton and other venues fill up very quickly for that weekend.

As always, if you have photos to share of your life now or reunions past, or from our undergrad years, please post them at our Flickr page (link to the right) or send to me to post at our blog.

Please also spread the word about our blog and make sure your contact information is up-to-date at the alumnae house.

Hope you all are well!

[Illumination Night photo by Elizabeth Solaka, '93]