{"id":20872,"date":"2017-04-08T03:23:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T03:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=20872"},"modified":"2017-04-08T03:23:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T03:23:34","slug":"reunion-no-50-the-dilemma-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=20872","title":{"rendered":"Reunion No. 50: The dilemma deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I just got word that the\u00a0planners who are organizing the 50-year reunion of my high school graduating class have set a date and a location.<\/p>\n

It will take place this October at a hotel near Portland (Ore.) International Airport. Ironically, it also will occur not terribly far from where my classmates and I graduated from Parkrose High School.<\/p>\n

The old building was torn down years ago and was replaced by a shiny new structure that doubles as a community center.<\/p>\n

My dilemma is deepening about whether to attend this event.<\/p>\n

The 30-year high school reunion sucked for me. I went back to Portland seeking to rekindle relationships I had with some of the folks with whom I graduated. Much to my surprise — and chagrin<\/em> — I found that there was nothing to rekindle. You can’t\u00a0ignite something that doesn’t exist.<\/p>\n

I vowed not to go back.<\/p>\n

No. 40 came and went. Without me. I stayed true to my personal pact.<\/p>\n

Now it’s No. 50 looming out there.<\/p>\n

I cannot tell if my waffling means I want to go but I’m looking for reasons to stay away; or whether it means I don’t<\/em> want to go but I’m seeking a reason to go.<\/p>\n

Maybe I need to reset my expectation if I do return to this event.<\/p>\n

I hate these dilemmas. I think I’ll pray for some discernment.<\/p>\n\n

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I just got word that the\u00a0planners who are organizing the 50-year reunion of my high school graduating class have set a date and a location. It will take place this October at a hotel near Portland (Ore.) International Airport. Ironically, it also will occur not terribly far from where my classmates and I graduated from … Continue reading Reunion No. 50: The dilemma deepens<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6251,13],"tags":[7048,3500,6893,3671],"class_list":["post-20872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-news","category-national-news","tag-high-school-reunion","tag-parkrose-high-school","tag-pdx","tag-portland-or"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20873,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20872\/revisions\/20873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}