06/25/06 - NNHS Newsletter
The Lady in Red

"When you love someone, all your saved-up
wishes start coming out."

- Elizabeth Bowen
(1899-1973)

     Glenn Dye ('60) of TX

 

   And a big Happy Birthday to    Jean Poole Burton ('64) of RI who's making it to the Big Time today:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html

   Have a wonderful day, Lady!

   WOWZERONI!!!  Well, that certainly explains why y'all have such a beautiful family, doesn't it??

   I added John's daddy to Famous Sailors:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/famous-sailors.html

   And was your father in the Military as well, and if so, in which branch did he serve?

   Thanks, Lady!

Concerning the Rogers story,    Tim's (Hampton HS - '66 - of VA) brother Jerry also married Bonnie Lee, Class of '66.

 

Peace & Blessing,
Cheryl

   No kidding?!?  See how we're all one big family? 

   Thanks, Cheryl!

One For My Sister 

Written by Maithri

The hospital I worked in during my stay in Swaziland sits atop the beautiful and very steep Lebombo Mountains. In this part of the world people often have to walk 40 kilometers or more in order to see a doctor.

As you can imagine there are many people in the community who are simply too sick or too poor to get to a hospital. This is where home-based care comes in. The home-based care team consists of several nurses who jump into a small truck/van every morning and travel out to the community to tend to the health needs of the truly destitute.

Before I went out with the team I used to buy potatoes and carrots and apples to give to the people we met - because health care in Africa is often just as much about the provision of food as it is about medicine. I would always make sure I also bought a bag of sweets to give to the beautiful children we would meet out in the community. I have learned that sweets are one of the great unifiers in the human world - we might look different and speak different languages - but most of us - especially the young ones - love sweets!

One day we stopped at one of the 15,000 orphan-led households in Swaziland. Inside the hut we found a beautiful little girl with huge brown eyes. Her name was Tanzile. I gave her a sweet from my bag and she said something back to me in Si-swati, the native language, which the nurse next to me translated:

"She wants another one, doctor - to give to her little sister."

I said "of course" and gave her another. After we had tended to a man with tuberculosis a bit further down the road, we passed by Tanzile's house to say goodbye. To our surprise she seemed to be holding on to that extra sweet I had given her.

I remember saying to the nurse, "this little darling is clever - she has taken two for herself. If I was her I'd probably have asked for the whole bag!" But after the nurse had asked her some more questions this is what we learned:

Tanzile is 7 now. Two years ago when she was five her mum and dad both died of HIV/AIDS like so many have in this country. At the time of her parents tragic death, she was separated from her baby sister who was three at the time. Tanzile has not laid eyes on her since. But ever since that time, whenever Tanzile receives anything from anyone, including food, - she refuses to accept it, unless they give her two. Two carrots, two toys, two sweets - one for her and one for her baby sister (who in all likelihood didn't survive.)

In fact, in the little mud hut where she lives, we found a pile of old things which she has been collecting to give to her sister one day.

My friends, people sometimes look at faces of African children or kids in the developing world and think that they are somehow different than our kids - that somehow they don't feel pain or sadness or love. But that is not true. Their pain is deep. And so is their love.

I can still remember the nurse trying to convince her that "if someone gives you food, Tanzile, you must accept it - even if it is only one piece and not two - for your own health and safety." And it was so hard for us to keep the tears from our eyes as she shook her head defiantly. Her hope and her love was all that she had. It mattered more than anything else.

When I returned home that day, I was shocked to find that this was not an isolated story but others in the hospital knew of orphans just like Tanzile - waiting with a little pile of things in their hut, for their sibling or their parent whom they haven't seen in so long.

I think of that old Eagles song - "when we're hungry, love will keep us alive." I pray that for Tanzile's sake and the other beautiful children like her that it will.

With very special thanks to our friend Maithri for sharing this story with us and for the good work he does on behalf of the children of Swaziland. To learn how you can help, please visit the Young Heroes website and consider sponsoring one of these beautiful kids.

   Thank you, Shari!    This was very moving indeed.

"Except, miraculously I'm no longer troubled by that odious ActiveX box.  We jumped through 18 hoops to make it disappear, but still it remained.  Then all of a sudden, one day it was just gone!"

How did you do that? Seriously, I'd really like to know-this thing just started appearing one day during the last year and has been in my machine ever since...I still have to pay homage to the ActiveX control to open my newsletters, and if I don't, the machine goes into a real tizzy forever it seems-like it's on it's 10th cup of coffee...real coffee...and I have to click it...ummmm...not too soon, either, or it does the same thing.

and...

From Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 06/22/06:

   Hmmm.  Now I'm beginning to suspect it may be a Hotmail issue, but I'll consult with my tech-reps and get back with you on this.

By the way, the way you are doing things makes perfect sense to anyone who is sane....and maybe even to those...ummmm...other people, too. I'm still not real sure in which group I belong...but it all makes sense to me!

Jimmy

   GIGGLES!!!  Thanks, Sweetie! 

   DOUBLE WOWZERONI-RINI-ROONI!!!  How exciting!!!  Thanks for sharing this with us, Nancy!  What a fabulous time you must have had!

   Please give our regards to Eileen Foulkes, and tell her how fondly we all remember her husband.

   Thank you for all your kind words, and I must tell you again how delighted I was to meet you last summer!

   Thank you, Dee!  Sometimes we forget!  So don't forget!  You DON'T want to miss this one!

   Thank you, David!  Y'all have fun!

REUNION REMINDERS:  

   Reunion information is ALWAYS posted very near the top on the front page, and on the Reunion Page section:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com

     http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-page.html

   Henceforth, it will be repeated here, lest you forget:
 

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1966.html

The 60th Birthday Celebration
for Members of the NNHS Class of 1964
will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2006, 7:00 - 11:00 PM at Spirit Events, 12672 Patrick Henry Drive,
Newport News, VA 23602.

CONTACT Dave Spriggs at nnhs64@cox.net
AND CHECK THIS WEB PAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION - 06/23/06:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/60-BIRTHDAY-1964-B.html

On Saturday, October 21, 2006 at 7:00 PM, a casual get-together will be held in a Hospitality Room, Country Inn & Suites on Route 17, Newport News, for all classmates
who wish to attend. 

CONTACT Judy Leggette Elliott at jandcelliott@aol.com
or 757-868-1111
AND CHECK THIS WEB PAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION - 04/19/06:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1956.html

Visit Brenda's 1962 Web Page:
 http://geocities.com/typhoonmom1/

AND CHECK THIS WEB PAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION - 05/10/06:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-62-planning-mtgs.html
 

Hi, Carol:

Perhaps a White and Red Rose combination?

Always,

Adonis

   OH!!!  How unusual!  Thanks so much, Joe!