Think back to your high school senior yearbook where people scribbled “keep in touch” or “stay sweet!” in its back pages. Usually, these were just polite suggestions, and most people wouldn’t expect you to live out either platitude. But what if, 60 years after you graduated, those same people were around to follow up? DID you stay sweet? WAS your summer “kick ass?”

That is what’s happening at Westminster Senior Living facility, wherein over 50 classmates from Austin High School have all gathered to live in the same space. Some reside in independent living, while others have more assisted care. But their bond, all the way back to those teen years, is as strong as ever. But now, they’ve traded in their cigarettes and history books for early dinners and bingo. And they seem to be having a great time doing so!

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A tenth of the population

In an Instagram post linked to ABC News, they share a photo of a handful of senior citizens posing in front of red and white balloons. Some are in wheelchairs while others are standing. However they’re situated, their common thread seems to be pure........

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