{"id":662,"date":"2017-10-10T13:50:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T17:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662"},"modified":"2017-10-10T13:50:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T17:50:07","slug":"the-class-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"The Class Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"

50 years have passed…how did that happen?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"school\"<\/a>

I remember walking down the long hallway to class…<\/p><\/div>\n

This coming Saturday is my 50th class reunion. How did this even happen? I have heard other people talking about their 50th and think to myself.. wow those guys are old….LOL..Now who’s the old person? But in all honesty, I don’t feel any older than I did back when I walked down the hall in high school. They were fun days and I enjoyed all the friends I made.Those days and the people are forever etched in my heart and mind.<\/p>\n

I look forward to these reunions every 5 years and I didn’t even graduate with my class due to my leaving in 11th grade. Back in the 60’s you couldn’t continue to go to school after they found out you were pregnant. But I stayed in touch with my classmates and went to every single reunion we ever had. I was even on the reunion committee for awhile. The class reunions give me a chance to see people who live out of the area and even people who still live in town and I never get a chance to see.<\/p>\n

There are so many people from my class and people I talk to that say, “I would never go to my class reunion.” I don’t get that. School wasn’t always a happy place for me, I was made fun of for various reasons and it wasn’t exactly a good time in my life when I was asked to leave due to being pregnant. I quickly found out who my friends were during that time. I can understand not going if you were bullied or mistreated, but some of the people who don’t show up were the most popular ones in school.<\/p>\n

I really enjoy catching up with old friends, the kids I ran around with during both elementary school and high school.. some of who I have been friends with since 1st grade. Seeing them now in person after all these years will make it even more special. It is easier to stay in touch with people these days due to social media. But while seeing and talking to them on FB is awesome… I want to see them in person and be able to give them a hug. Not a virtual one…a real one. I am excited that a few friends I haven’t seen in ages are going to be at this reunion. At least they have had their pictures posted on FB so I will recognize them.<\/p>\n

Usually I stay close to a friend who helps me remember who people are. Even with their name tags on… I still don’t remember them. My friend will give me a reminder of some sort and then that hopefully brings back some kind of a recollection of who the person is. Sometimes it doesn’t. If not, I just smile and talk to them like I know who they are. I don’t think they ever know that I don’t recognize them. At least I hope not…It’s not them..it’s me..<\/p>\n

“A trip to nostalgia now and then is good for the spirit.” ~ Don Bartolovic<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The reunions remind me of the many happy years I spent growing up in my home town. All the fun times in high school going to football games, basketball games and the ever popular school dances. Or even just walking around town and hanging out in the parking lot at the high school in the evenings. Our little town was close knit back then..people knew everyone. All the mothers knew every other mother’s kids, hence we all knew to behave around them or suffer the consequences when we got home. I remember quite a few times walking in the door and Mom waiting there to confront me about something I had done that day… and we didn’t even have cell phones or computers. All we had were “moms”…<\/p>\n

So yes, to say I’m excited is putting it mildly. I can’t wait to see some of these people. Actually all of them..well almost all of them. There is that one person I’m not too sure about but we will see how that goes. Some of the longest friendships I have are the ones I made in school. These friends have been there for me through out my entire life. \u00a0Over 60 years. Running into\u00a0some “new” old friends\u00a0that I haven’t had a chance to be around in years will be amazing. Just thinking of them, and all the happy times we shared… brings a smile to my face.<\/p>\n

I think we valued people and our friendships more back then. It seems like it to me \u00a0anyway. I know people are always talking about\u00a0how many friends I have and that they don’t have many at all. Why is that? I don’t do anything special. I don’t feel like I even do enough sometimes… But I love my friends and I tell them I love them. They know they are important to me. They are “my tribe”… and I honestly don’t know where I would be without them.<\/p>\n

I need to close now and go work on my outfit for Saturday. I might as well start trying things on since I know it will take me forever to get just the right look. You know, the one…the one that will make me look 30 years younger and 20 pounds lighter. I will be doing a follow up post after the reunion….so you all will know how it went and how seeing\u00a0that “one person” went as well. Wish me luck…<\/p>\n

Do you go to your class reunions and do you enjoy them? Do you still have friends from elementary school and high school that you stay in close touch with?<\/p>\n

“That’s the fun of going to a high school reunion: It’s seeing people who you were close to all those years ago, and re-exploring the relationships of the past.” ~ Jon Hurwitz<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

50 years have passed…how did that happen? This coming Saturday is my 50th class reunion. How did this even happen? I have heard other people talking about their 50th and think to myself.. wow those guysRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,257],"tags":[414,412,413],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aging","category-life","tag-50yearreunion","tag-highschoolreunion","tag-reunionfun"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Class Reunion - The Helpful Hellion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Class Reunion - The Helpful Hellion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"50 years have passed…how did that happen? This coming Saturday is my 50th class reunion. How did this even happen? I have heard other people talking about their 50th and think to myself.. wow those guysRead More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Helpful Hellion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/renee.stambaugh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/renee.stambaugh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-10T17:50:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/red-school-blur-factory.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"627\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hellion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hellion\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=662#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=662\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Hellion\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8344122bd2753f51fcc6d9007e87a538\"},\"headline\":\"The Class Reunion\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-10T17:50:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=662\"},\"wordCount\":1043,\"commentCount\":17,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8344122bd2753f51fcc6d9007e87a538\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=662#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/red-school-blur-factory.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"#50yearreunion\",\"#highschoolreunion\",\"#reunionfun\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Aging\",\"Life\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=662#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=662\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=662\",\"name\":\"The Class Reunion - The Helpful Hellion\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=662#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=662#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/red-school-blur-factory.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-10T17:50:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=662#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=662\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=662#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/red-school-blur-factory.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/red-school-blur-factory.jpg\",\"width\":940,\"height\":627,\"caption\":\"walking down the long hallway to class...\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=662#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Class Reunion\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Helpful Hellion\",\"description\":\"A Boomers Guide of Helpful Hints and Random Rants\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8344122bd2753f51fcc6d9007e87a538\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8344122bd2753f51fcc6d9007e87a538\",\"name\":\"Hellion\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/04\\\/5053_1179539973180_3002005_n.jpg\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/04\\\/5053_1179539973180_3002005_n.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/04\\\/5053_1179539973180_3002005_n.jpg\",\"width\":589,\"height\":589,\"caption\":\"Hellion\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/04\\\/5053_1179539973180_3002005_n.jpg\"},\"description\":\"Hello, my name is Renee and I am the \\\"Hellion\\\" and creator of this blog. I am a Baby Boomer, mother of 3, grandmother of 5 and I love writing, shopping, jewelry, fashion, exercising and all things healthy.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/renee.stambaugh\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/helpfulhellion.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Class Reunion - The Helpful Hellion","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Class Reunion - The Helpful Hellion","og_description":"50 years have passed…how did that happen? This coming Saturday is my 50th class reunion. How did this even happen? I have heard other people talking about their 50th and think to myself.. wow those guysRead More...","og_url":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662","og_site_name":"The Helpful Hellion","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/renee.stambaugh","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/renee.stambaugh","article_published_time":"2017-10-10T17:50:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":940,"height":627,"url":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/red-school-blur-factory.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Hellion","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Hellion","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662"},"author":{"name":"Hellion","@id":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/8344122bd2753f51fcc6d9007e87a538"},"headline":"The Class Reunion","datePublished":"2017-10-10T17:50:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662"},"wordCount":1043,"commentCount":17,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/8344122bd2753f51fcc6d9007e87a538"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/red-school-blur-factory.jpg","keywords":["#50yearreunion","#highschoolreunion","#reunionfun"],"articleSection":["Aging","Life"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662","url":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662","name":"The Class Reunion - The Helpful Hellion","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/red-school-blur-factory.jpg","datePublished":"2017-10-10T17:50:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/red-school-blur-factory.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/red-school-blur-factory.jpg","width":940,"height":627,"caption":"walking down the long hallway to class..."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=662#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Class Reunion"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/","name":"The Helpful Hellion","description":"A Boomers Guide of Helpful Hints and Random Rants","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/8344122bd2753f51fcc6d9007e87a538"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/8344122bd2753f51fcc6d9007e87a538","name":"Hellion","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/5053_1179539973180_3002005_n.jpg","url":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/5053_1179539973180_3002005_n.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/5053_1179539973180_3002005_n.jpg","width":589,"height":589,"caption":"Hellion"},"logo":{"@id":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/5053_1179539973180_3002005_n.jpg"},"description":"Hello, my name is Renee and I am the \"Hellion\" and creator of this blog. I am a Baby Boomer, mother of 3, grandmother of 5 and I love writing, shopping, jewelry, fashion, exercising and all things healthy.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/renee.stambaugh"],"url":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/red-school-blur-factory.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p63NZR-aG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":656,"url":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=656","url_meta":{"origin":662,"position":0},"title":"Just Some Random Thoughts…","author":"Hellion","date":"October 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"some funny, some sad and some just random... We all need a happy place to go to... some days we need them more than others. I try very hard \u00a0each and every day to find some good in the world. Some days it is harder than others. Today is one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Aging"","block_context":{"text":"Aging","link":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?cat=215"},"img":{"alt_text":"beach","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":666,"url":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=666","url_meta":{"origin":662,"position":1},"title":"The Class Reunion… Part 2","author":"Hellion","date":"October 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"and yes, \"he\" was there.... I enjoyed this class reunion so much..I think more than any before. The reason for this is that I realize how precious life is now and that maybe some of us won't be here for the 55th. I might not be here for the 55th.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Aging"","block_context":{"text":"Aging","link":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?cat=215"},"img":{"alt_text":"Class Reunion","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22539698_10210196351093642_3286864392414855402_n.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22539698_10210196351093642_3286864392414855402_n.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22539698_10210196351093642_3286864392414855402_n.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22539698_10210196351093642_3286864392414855402_n.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":384,"url":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=384","url_meta":{"origin":662,"position":2},"title":"I’m Not My Mother’s Grandmother…","author":"Hellion","date":"July 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm not even \"my\" grandmother... My Grandma is in the middle of the picture above and she is basically the same age as I am right now. Seriously...I know times have changed but I can't believe looking at this picture that she is the same age as me. Are we,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Humor"","block_context":{"text":"Humor","link":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/hattie2020charles20anniv.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":334,"url":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=334","url_meta":{"origin":662,"position":3},"title":"My Child Is How Old??","author":"Hellion","date":"May 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"How do I have a child that's 50, when I am only 50 myself? So it happened this past weekend, my oldest(thank goodness) child turned 50! I really don't know how this happened and where the time has gone. I just turned 50 myself. I remember it well, my kids\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Humor"","block_context":{"text":"Humor","link":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/shelly20baby.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":246,"url":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=246","url_meta":{"origin":662,"position":4},"title":"The Love\/Hate Relationship I Have With My Hair","author":"Hellion","date":"January 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"and how this can be applied to almost anything in your life.. \u00a0 I am the little girl in the middle of the picture, the one with the scowl on her face. This is my birthday party and I should be happy, but all I can think about is how\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fashion"","block_context":{"text":"Fashion","link":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"3837_1153507802392_3189266_n","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/3837_1153507802392_3189266_n-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":805,"url":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=805","url_meta":{"origin":662,"position":5},"title":"Where Did The Summer Go??","author":"Hellion","date":"August 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"and can we get a redo... This has been one of the shortest summers of my life. And then factoring in all the rainy days we had, one after another...I think we need..no deserve, a redo. Maybe a 3 month, 75 degrees and sunshine redo! What about you? I\u2019ve been\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Aging"","block_context":{"text":"Aging","link":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?cat=215"},"img":{"alt_text":"beach","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664,"href":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions\/664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}