It is wild how 75 years can just zoom by when one get together with a former high school friend. We laugh and reminisce of days gone by. It’s funny how the best stories feel like they happened yesterday!
Cherishing these moments and connections. Staying connected today is a blessing.
Iris (Bartrop) Hardy lived in the Riding Hill, Saskatchewan, farming district. The Riding Hill one room school only went to grade 8. In 1952, Iris rode her horse, 'Shorty', 3 miles across the Cut Knife Creek, to attend the Gallivan High school.
In the spring of 1952 Iris stayed with me. Here we are with my sister Lucille.
The Gallivan High School went to grade 10, so we took grade Eleven at the Battleford Assumpta Academy Catholic School. A poorly exposed picture of all six of us!! Iris is 3rd from the left and I am at the right side end.
For our Grade Twelve we attended the the Convent of the Child Jesus in North Battleford. Graduation 1956. (Iris and I are in the 2nd row on the right side.)
Here is Iris and I at the after graduation party!!
In 1958 Iris asked me to be Maid of Honour at her wedding to Richard Hardy, who was from the Riding Hill / Gallivan District
They moved to Vancouver and I went on to train in the North Battleford Saskatchewan Hospital. During summer holiday in 1957 I went to Vancouver to visit Iris.
Life was busy for us following that raising a family and working. The next time we got together was recently in 2012 during my RV-ing days, Randal and I visited Richard and Iris They took us to Lynn Canyon to see the Suspension Bridge and the old forest.
There is something comforting about those phone calls where we check in on each other's health and family updates. It just feels good to stay connected, even if the topics have shifted a bit over time.
