I went to catholic girl school for seven years and enjoyed most of it. School was not my favorite place, it like church was so boring. My friends made life bearable. On the weekend we had a reunion and it was fantastic to see these girls now women. We are older but you would never believe it as I recognized everyone. In my mind’s eye I saw the last picture of the girl and now the picture of the woman. I guess when we meet again I’ll update the picture in my mind 🤣.
What I found interesting was as if we had seen each other last week. Interestingly I noticed no one was really interested in how well you had done in your career, the focus was on your happiness and how many kids you had 😁. Not everybody was your close friend but we learnt at a young age to accept and work around others. It wasn’t as if we had a choice. That’s something that helped me later in life. I know women that have said they have no female friends because women are hard to “deal with.” I have always found that strange as many of my closest friends are women. 🤷🏽♀️. They knew me with nothing and as far as they are concerned I’m the same person and it’s the same thing for me with them. It was as I said absolutely fantastic to interact with these phenomenal women.
My time there molded me into the woman I am today. Yes my parents were integral part in how I did in the world but I realized I spent a good portion of the day at school. As I look back I know that where I went to high school had a tremendous impact on my life and how I see life. I always knew this but when I saw these women and we laughed and joked about things that happened back in the day I knew that friends are so important especially the ones that understand what is happening to you because it happened to them.
We were always told that we could achieve anything. Aim for the stars. I think we therefore did what was necessary so as to achieve what we had as dreams. Sometimes we didn’t even know what was out there but we went with our heads up because we were told we could. Looking back we can say thank you to the teachers that guided us along the path to where we needed to be to start the race called life.
I can’t imagine life without these women. Do you have similar experiences or do you think what I have shared to be an anomaly? Let me know what you think, I really want to know and I sure others do too. Try commenting 👍🏽, but if you are not comfortable, reach out to me via any medium. Your comments let me know how you feel and very often give me a total different perspective on the topic. It could also spawn another blog. 😉. And you can never tell your comment might help others.
Always remember life is for living and you must always live your best life. #lifeisforliving #liveyourbestlife #gratefulforlife #faithgreaterthanfear
See you next Wednesday at 8:00 pm, Bogota time.
I would love it if you would say something, anything and tell someone. 🙏🏽

I share your experiences. It’s my sister tribe that gets me through life
I like the term “sister tribe.” So true.
Andrea this so summarises everything. And it was so telling that at the meet up it was about HOW are YOU, not about anything else. Please share your blog in the groups each week.
Xoxo Carol
True friends focus on you and not what you have. 🙏🏽
Exactly! I can so relate. I didn’t like school either but today I can appreciate how it molded me. I think I’m biased but there is just something about ‘girls’ who went to catholic school- we just have a different ‘air’ about us. And as you said rightly we were taught to be proud and hold our heads up high- no slouching 😁
I love it how no one was interested in careers just the person 🙏🏽
Aim for the stars. Hold you head up always.
Exactly! Andrea, you are so on point about this! Our diverse backgrounds with similar experiences at Alpha have molded us to be the women we are today!
Meeting up for our reunion weekend was so spectacular, it was like 40 years had melted right into “yesterday and today”. And the love! The love was felt, and it was so special!
Being an Alpha girl has allowed us to learn to embrace each other as women without disguise or compromise, we were authentic with each other and it made our short time together even more special. There were a few who may have been a little afraid about what to expect, but that all vanished in a flash when we met up. The hugs, the shouts of recognition, and the laughs are all something to remember for a lifetime.
My only regret is that we never met up years ago, but guess what – this was the time we were meant to regroup, and it was ordained by God.
As we always said and wrote in school – Let Love Last Long. This time it surely shall.
Things happen at the perfect time. It was the time for us to come together. We were able to appreciate each other with no need to judge.
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Love this Andrea! I often wonder if those of us from the Caribbean are the only ones who value friendships forged in our early years:) one of the speakers at my mom’s going home service in March, has been my friend since we were both 7! We are both 65:) We grew up in Harbour View, & as a community, we’ve held reunions since 2014. So many of us continue to keep in touch! I attended St. Hugh’s; my class of ‘75 is planning our 50 year reunion:) In 2020, we held our 45th, virtually:)) and as you said, we are always excited to see each other & hear how everyone is doing. Many of us are in a group chat, & we inform each other of our travels in the event we can plan get-togethers:) In 2018 while in London, I had dinner with my classmates who live there:) we just love any opportunity to connect!
I also enjoy a close relationship with my college mates, friends from 1977- and they are all from the Caribbean:)
My colleagues here in the US, particularly those who are Caucasian, would always marvel at the fact that I have remained friends with people from my childhood! I consider it a blessing- God put people in our lives for a reason; some of them we hold on to,- who share my values, have mutual interests, makes me laugh, is positive, uplifting, encouraging, supportive, challenges me, is nonjudgmental, God fearing- I’m staying close ☺️
and others go their separate ways.
Delighted you enjoyed connecting with your high school classmates!!🥳
Absolutely fantastic. Friends for life is a real thing. Just look at what you just outlined. Blessings 🙏🏽