Email from Timo Nuolivirta

I received this email from Timo and thought I would share it with all of you......

Hi Julie,

Stuart got my attention via my rarely-seen-cousin and my in-the-middle-of-Europe-living-brother. That was kind of a surprise, since I haven´t heard anything across the Atlantic about 20 or so years. I have not been in contact with my family in US after I left there, maybe couple of letters. I've been thinking about you guys at times though, even visiting there has acrossed my mind, but time for that I haven't had.
So, after graduating there I spent few years in school back here to graduate in my local high school in Seinäjoki, little town in middle of western Finland.
After that I went to military school for a year, that is semi-oblicatory among males and voluntary among females in Finland.
Thereafter, I have been studing, again and again and again... really. The first again ment studing to be a medical doctor (6 yr.), next to be specialised in psychiatry (another 6 yr) and last to graduate in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (4 more years).
At the same time and after those I've been working in a mental crisis-center in Tampere, town of about same size as Fort Wayne, in the middle of Finland for some 4 to 5 years till I got back to Seinäjoki about 4 years ago. Now I've been the director of the psychiatic community outpatient clinic in Seinäjoki for a couple of years ( the job that I dislike shitload, but what the heck, that's only a job).

Well, I have had a little time to do some pleasurable things too...breed for instance! I got married with my college in the mid 90's and since then we have got 3 children (2 daughters and 1 son) so far and at least one more seems to be coming according to what my wife looks like, soon, actually about the time you guys spend some time together in august in reunion!?

Well, that's about all that came to my mind at the time. Thank you Stuart for digging me up. Have a nice time in reunion and send my best to everyone. (Special regards I would like to send to those two fellows in the german class with whom I went to Canada back some hundred years ago...I don't remember their names, sorry. And to those sisters, Dawn and ??, from Decatur who were very kind to drive me up to school every day back then.)

We had in Seinäjoki 20-years reunion at the local high school three years ago. For what I remember of it, they were a big success...

By for now. I would love to hear from you more, and since the door has now opened, you are very wellcome to inform this story of mine to your blog or what ever reaches the 83's class of BLHS.

Timo Nuolivirta