Update from Esther (Parker) Perica

I will be with you in spirit at the reunion, but the rest of me will be on my way to West Africa. I am commencing a two month, seven country trip this weekend starting in Senegal, and going to The Gambia, Mali, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo and Benin.
I still live in Arlington Heights,IL with my husband Joe. We are both retired from education and enjoying life. He golfs, I do volunteer work and travel. I continue to work with street/abused/homeless elephants - mostly in Thailand but have done some work in India too. We love being retired and still miss the Bay Area!
At the top is my favorite photo of my mom and me at the Mercy Mothers Tea during our senior year.
In the next photo, I am trying to help Phom Phet relax by reading to her. She was rescued during Thailand's horrible tsunami and I was on a team to assist with the elephants left homeless. I worked and re-trained her and she now lives at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chiang Rai giving elephant rides to children.
The lower photo was taken in Roatan, one of the Bay Islands of Honduras.