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The Brain

By Annie Blaylock McQueen, Staff writer | July 29, 2015

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Patty Reed Bourlon, Teri Garrett Koerth, Rene Bennett Flood, Jennifer Pardoe Gilliam, Carol Ann Smith Suffel, Michele Luke

The Brain

A group of old friends and Memorial High School class of ’84 grads, including (pictured, from left) Patty Reed Bourlon, Teri Garrett Koerth, Rene Bennett Flood, Jennifer Pardoe Gilliam, Carol Ann Smith Suffel and Michele DeGuerin Luke, went on a girls’ trip to Aspen. The women, who have all been friends since childhood, say this was their first girls’ trip in over 10 years. They call themselves “The Brain,” a name with a history to it. When they were all pregnant and/or nursing at about the same time, they say they used to joke that none of them could really form a coherent thought without the others’ help. So together, they formed a “complete brain,” as the joke went. They each have a bracelet with a silver disc with the word “brain” stamped into it. They snapped pictures in various places on their trip, showing off their bracelets.

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