Part of this post was shared with the folks from the UCONN 360 Podcast and the IDC Community on Facebook. I expanded it a bit for this blogpost:
Fine Friends
I can remember it clear as day. January of 1975, second semester just starting, new people coming into IDC to fill the spaces of folks who had moved on. Fourth floor, at the end of B side hallway, one of the new girls, blue denim farmer overalls, thick blonde braid pulled back and dangling to her waist, round wire-rimmed granny glasses. You know, a real hippie type. When she turned, she had such a beautiful smile...
We celebrated our 41st wedding anniversary in September 2018 and I still get to see that beautiful smile, everyday.
We both got second degrees from UCONN. We raised two wonderful daughters. One who graduated Cum Laude through the Honors Program. She married a guy in the Honors Program who graduated Magna Cum Laude, and just finished his MBA from UCONN in Hartford. My second daughter preferred a smaller school and attended ECSU, but chose a UCONN Pharmacy grad as her husband. Both girls have graced us with grandchildren who sport a full complement of infant and toddler UCONN gear. Do we bleed National Flag Blue in my house? You better believe it.
Fine Friends
I can remember it clear as day. January of 1975, second semester just starting, new people coming into IDC to fill the spaces of folks who had moved on. Fourth floor, at the end of B side hallway, one of the new girls, blue denim farmer overalls, thick blonde braid pulled back and dangling to her waist, round wire-rimmed granny glasses. You know, a real hippie type. When she turned, she had such a beautiful smile...
We celebrated our 41st wedding anniversary in September 2018 and I still get to see that beautiful smile, everyday.
We both got second degrees from UCONN. We raised two wonderful daughters. One who graduated Cum Laude through the Honors Program. She married a guy in the Honors Program who graduated Magna Cum Laude, and just finished his MBA from UCONN in Hartford. My second daughter preferred a smaller school and attended ECSU, but chose a UCONN Pharmacy grad as her husband. Both girls have graced us with grandchildren who sport a full complement of infant and toddler UCONN gear. Do we bleed National Flag Blue in my house? You better believe it.
At our wedding (filled with IDC friends) our beloved IDC friend Spring Burrington gave us the gift of learning and singing the song below that had became very special to us. She came to our 10th anniversary party with her husband and children to sing it again. She didn't make it in person to our 20th anniversary as by then she had lost her heroic battle against breast cancer. I present it here in her honor.
Steve Sokoloski (IDC 74-76)
Steve Sokoloski (IDC 74-76)
Here are the lyrics if you want to sing along:
FINE FRIENDS(Lesley Duncan)
When the walls that divide us have crumbled
And there's no game to win,
When the tides run it's course
And we've tumbled
To the feelings within,
Then you know we'll be- very fine friends.
When there's no gain or loss to be treasured
And we stand in the sun,
Then we'll know that true love
Can't be measured,
There s no prize to be won
And then we'll be free to blend
Into very fine friends.
When the time comes to give to each other
As we surely Know it will,
You could be my teacher or my lover,
Take the cup and drink your fill
And you always will be,
Cherished by me.
Sunlight Music
When the walls that divide us have crumbled
And there's no game to win,
When the tides run it's course
And we've tumbled
To the feelings within,
Then you know we'll be- very fine friends.
When there's no gain or loss to be treasured
And we stand in the sun,
Then we'll know that true love
Can't be measured,
There s no prize to be won
And then we'll be free to blend
Into very fine friends.
When the time comes to give to each other
As we surely Know it will,
You could be my teacher or my lover,
Take the cup and drink your fill
And you always will be,
Cherished by me.
Sunlight Music
That is beautiful Steve. I remember Spring. The puppeteer.
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