Joey Goachee

Rochester High School

Class of 1989

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Joey Goachee - Class of 1989 - Rochester High School

First Name	Joey
Last Name	Goachee
Graduation Year	Class of 1989
Gender	Female
Current Location	Rochester Hills, Michigan
Hometown	Rochester Hills, Michigan
Relationship Status	In a Relationship
About Me	It doesn’t matter who you used to be; what matters is who you decide to be today. You are not your mistakes. You are not your mishaps. You are not your past. You are not your wounds. You can decide... Relationships: some last, some don’t and some can make a tremendous impact into the development of who we are as a person. They can range from friendships, people we have dated or people with whom we have shared serious monogamous love. There is so much beauty in relationships. Everything awakens our senses, our mind, our heart and our soul. We feel as though we are alive for the very first time. Some whirl in a breath of fresh air from the beginning. They make us feel that this is it—this is exactly where we are meant to be. Others may only offer a distraction from other sectors of our life. Sometimes they end beautifully, other times the end in a torrential storm. Everything, everyone, every moment that appears in our lives is here to serve a purpose. Every single thing that we need is in that moment. It could be a lifetime, it could be a day—but in that moment, we are here to learn and take from the experience and journey. We can learn so much about ourselves from these moments. We can learn how we deal with adversity, how we love, how we think, how we feel, how we truly see the world, and who we really are. I have learned to never regret or feel any negative feelings towards any failed relationship in my life because these people have helped mold me in to who I am. They have held a lantern into the dark and unknown corridors of my soul. They have shed light onto the bits and pieces of me that have molded the person I am today. He was everything I needed in that moment. He shook me. He woke up my heart, my mind, and my body. He helped me open my heart again to love. He helped me open my mind to accepting all the things in this world that I have no control over—which is everything. But most importantly, he helped me realize that I am all I have, so never compromise myself for anyone or anything. I thank you, all of you, for breaking a piece of me so I can build it back. For allowing yourself to love me, if only for that moment. For allowing me to love you, for that moment. I've passed a lot of hardships in my life. I've dealt with every kind of person imaginable and I've gotten to a point where I know myself well, and can read others from a distance. I've been hurt, betrayed, and I've seen all the negatives. I've loved, cared, forgiven, and kept my head up in the toughest times. It's hard to find a word to truly describe me -- but grace is something that flows deep within me. I am a truly remarkable soul and the world is lucky to have you! “The loneliest people are the kindest. The saddest people smile the brightest. All because they do not wish to see anyone suffer the way they do.” ~ Unknown Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. 1 Peter 3:8 We should learn to look at the blemishes and faults of others only through the eyes of love, with sympathy, patience, and compassion. We do not know the secret history of the lives of others around us. We do not know what piercing sorrows have produced the scars we see in people’s lives. We do not know the pains and trials which make life hard, to many with whom we are tempted to be impatient. If we knew all the secret burdens and the heart-wounds which many keep hidden beneath their smiling faces we would be patient and gentle with all people. Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12 "A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need. " Proverbs 17:17 Just ask? I keep it real! Each day is another story! Laugh: Till you pee your pants! Live: For the moment! Love: Family and Friends! "Imperfection is Beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring" ~Marilyn Monroe "Proud to be from Brookland Sub!" YOU get ONE life, LIVE IT!! BE Blessed you were given today live every day as if it is your last. SMILE its infectious "If vodka was water.. and I was a duck...I would swim to the bottom and never come up.. But vodka's not water and I'm not a duck...So slide me a bottle and shut the FUCK UP! “All of us must be continually impressed with the awe-inspiring first sight of Rochester as we arrive at the top of the hill and start the downgrade ride into the village. So it is with the many visitors and travelers who have occasion to use this highway. After covering miles of city traffic, the traveler rides over flat country without realizing he is going up grade, until suddenly he views “The Heart of the Hills” and gets his heart-throb.” --Earl Seed, June 2, 1949 "History, in brief, is an analysis of the past in order that we may understand the present and guide our conduct into the future." --Sidney E. Mead "History is where the evidence leads us; heritage is what we choose to remember and celebrate." --Edward T. Lilenthal "A generation which ignores history has no past and no future." --Robert A. Heinlein "History repeats itself because nobody was listening the first time." --Anon. "We do not choose between the past and the future; they are inseparable parts of the same river." --Dr. Walter Havighurst "Circle of Life!" From the day we arrive on the planet And blinking, step into the sun Theres more to be seen than can ever be seen More to do than can ever be done Some say eat or be eaten Some say live and let live But all are agreed as they join the stampede You should never take more than you give In the circle of life Its the wheel of fortune Its the leap of faith Its the band of hope Till we find our place On the path unwinding In the circle, the circle of life Some of us fall by the wayside And some of us soar to the stars And some of us sail through our troubles And some have to live with the scars Theres far too much to take in here More to find than can ever be found But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky Keeps great and small on the endless round Born in the 70's The way things are going, every kid is going to go to school wearing bubble wrap and a helmet. Back in the 1970s (and earlier), parents didn’t stress about our health and safety as much as they do today. It’s not that they cared less – they just didn’t worry compulsively about it. Parents of 2014 need to be reminded of how less restricted, less supervised, less obsessively safety-conscious things were… and it was just fine. 1. JARTS: IMPALING ARROWS OF DEATH Can your mind comprehend a more deadly toy than a weighted spear that kids hurl through the air like a missile? No one ever obeyed the actual manufacturer’s rules, we just flung these damn things everywhere. We threw them. They stuck where they landed. If they happened to land in your skull, well, then you should have moved. After roughly 6,700 emergency-room visits and the deaths of three children between 1978 and 1988, they finally outlawed Jarts on December 19, 1988. I suppose it needed to be banned, but a part of me is sad that kids today won’t have the battle scars and Jart survival stories we had. Goodbye Jart – you were an impaling arrow of death, but I loved you anyway. 2. LOST AND NOT FOUND: SEAT BELT Cars came with seat belts in the 1970s, but no one used them except maybe out of curiosity to see what it was like to wear one. Of course, you’d have to fish them out of the decrevice of the backseat cushion where they often came to rest, unwanted and ignored. The only “click” heard in the 1970s automobile was your dad’s Bic lighting up a smoke with the windows rolled up. (cough!) I should also mention that, not only were there no seat belts, child seats were nowhere to be found. Whether it was the front seat of your mom’s station wagon or her bicycle, chances are, you were entirely untethered. 3. SEMI-LETHAL PLAYGROUNDS OF HOT METAL Remember when playgrounds were fun? Sure, there was aprettgoodchance you’d be scalded by a hot metal slide, or walk away with tetanus, but that’s what memories are made of. The ground wasn’t coated with soft recycled rubber or sand as most are today – they were asphalt. Remember being hurled from a spinning merry-go-round, then skidding across the gravel at full speed? Good times. I remember my school playground had a metal ladder “wall” that I swear went up three stories – it didn’t connect to a slide or anything. It was literally a ladder to the sky. I remember fully believing the oxygen was thinner at the top. One false move and I’d have been a flesh colored stain on the asphalt. According to the New York Times we are making playgrounds so safe that they actually stunt our kids’ development. So, while blood was spilt and concussions were dealt on the playgrounds of the 1970s, we were at least in a developmentally rich environment – and we had the bruises and scabs to prove it. 4. PRECIOUS LITTLE SUN PROTECTION “Tanfastic lets the sunshine in. It’s not loaded up with sunburn protection like old folks and kids want. Tanfastic’s for you 15-to-25 year olds who can take the sun. Especially if you want to get superdark. Superfast.” Back in the 70s, your goal was to get as brown as your skin would permit. Sun BLOCK or sun SCREEN was basically nonexistent. You wanted to AMPLIFY your rays, so women typically lathered on Crisco and baby oil to get that deep baked look. For the kids, SPF numbers hovered around 2, 4 and 8. The idea that you would spray an SPF of 50 or even 30 wasn’t even an option, except perhaps from medical ointments prescribed for albinos. 5. HELMETS: FOR THOSE WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS ONLY Whether you were riding a bike, roller skating, or skateboarding, one thing was for certain: you were not wearing a head protection. You would have been looked at as a sideshow freak by other kids, and parents would assume you had some kind of medical condition. 6. IGNORED AND UNATTENDED ON THE REGULAR Hey, who’s watching the kid in the stroller? YOU MUST HAVE YOUR EYES ON THE KID AT ALL TIMES OR ELSE HE WILL DIE! My mother routinely left me alone in the car at a young age while she ran errands. Today, this will literally get you arrested. You see, once upon a time it was okay to leave your kids for long periods without supervision (remember the so-called “latch-key kids” of the 70s?), or let them free roam without constant surveillance. Today, parents won’t let their kids go out to get the mail alone, and any fun with friends has to be scheduled, closely monitored “play dates”. On summer break or weekends in the 1970s, parents kicked their kids out the front door and didn’t let them back in until the sun went down. “Go play,” were their only words, and you were left to your own devices for hours upon hours. Neighborhoods looked like Lord of the Flies. 7. ROUTINELY ALLOWED TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT This poor kid is about to get rammed in the nuts by a goat, and the nearby adult isn’t the least bit concerned. In fact, he finds this all incredibly amusing! As hard as this is to believe, but when kids got hurt back then, adults didn’t come running with first-aid kits. More than likely you’d be left alone with your pain, with no alternative but to get over it. In the 70s, parents watched their offspring fall from trees and fall off bikes with a smile. 8. SECONDHAND SMOKE EVERYWHERE From airplanes to your family car, it seemed the world of the 70s was shrouded in a haze of cigarette smoke. It wasn’t just the fact that many more people smoked, it was the absolute 100% lack of concern for those that didn’t, including children. Teachers smoked, doctors smoked, your parents smoked…. and they didn’t take it to a secluded smoking area, they did it right in your face. Please don’t interpret this as condoning it. There’s no question that engulfing your child in a thick carcinogenic cloud isn’t a good idea. I’m just stating facts – this is the world we lived in. It was full of adults who didn’t seem to have anxiety attacks over our s...(read more)