Larry Cantu

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Residing In: Conroe, TX USA
Spouse/Partner: Rahmawati
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Occupation: Attorney
Children: Two (to the best of my knowledge and belief)

Rachel - born Jan 19, 2009
Rafael - born Jan More…19, 2009

Rachel & Rafael are sophomores in high school (as of January 2025). They are both attending an accelerated program and maintaining averages in the upper 90s in all of their classes. Both have already received invitations from a number of top ranked universities (such as Columbia, Cornell) as well as letters of invitation from unsung, less well-known institutions.

In 2012 at age 3, Rafael announced that he aspired to be a fireman when he grew up. I asked, “Wouldn’t you prefer to be a fire TRUCK when you grow up?” His eyes widened with excitement as he said, “YEAH!!!”

In 2013 when Rachel was 4 years old I informed her that she had a middle name and, hence, her full name was “Rachel Victoria Cantú.” The following day I asked if she remembered what her full name was. She proudly informed me that her full name was “Rachel Bacteria Cantú.”
Grandchildren:

Not yet.

My twins turned 15 years old in 2024. So my grandkids are, at best, still just the faintest gleam in my kids’ eyes (or so I hope)!

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What have I been up to since 1970?

For the most part, these matters are best kept strictly between my confessor and me, but apart from that ...

1970-1975: college and grad school (UT Austin)
1975-1977: employed at University of Texas, Austin
1977-1980: law school, UT Austin
1980-2018: employed as an attorney for "Big Oil". About half of my career was spent living outside the USA, mostly in Indonesia but including a few years in England, Singapore and Angola.
2018-2022: mostly retired; watched a lot of Weather Channel
2022-present: retired from retirement and got back in the saddle by joining a newly established law firm. I should have done this a couple of years ago!

I've been married from time to time.

In 2009 my wife, Rahmawati, gave birth to twins, Rachel and Rafael. Ever since then I have been thanking my lucky stars that life is so wonderfully unfair because, after the way I behaved prior to 2009, there is no way I deserve the wonderful family I have now.

2024: We traveled to the Texas Hill Country to view the total eclipse on April 8. Despite more cloud over than we expected, we had some good breaks in the clouds at critical moments and got some excellent photos.

2024: Our twins are now in their second year in the "Academy" in their high school. It is an accelerated high school program in which they can also earn college credits. So far, so good. They are both continuing to make straight A's and neither of them has come home insisting on getting a tattoo.
School Story:

Did I ever go to school?

I do recall once saying to a classmate whose mammalian characteristics I found particularly intriguing that "my DNA would love to party with your DNA."

My left ear rang and my face smarted for about 3 hours after that.

I interpreted her response as "no, thank you."

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What did you do right after high school?

I hid out in college until I got tired of being destitute all the time, then I graduated and went to work.

Favorite music and performers:

Although I could rattle off lots of musicians, bands and singers who were popular when I was in high school or in college, at this point in my life I would struggle to list 3 currently performing bands, musicians or singers.

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Happy birthday, Sandra!

I never shared this with you before, but when we were both attending Amarillo Junior College, I had a crush on you. I neglected to bring this to your attention primarily because you looked so much bigger and stronger than me and I was afraid of getting beat up.

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It looks like I will have to miss yet another Tascosa High School Reunion.

I’ve only managed to attend one so far – our 1980 reunion.

I missed the 1990, 2000, and 2010 reunions because I was living overseas in each of those years. I was in the USA for our 2020 reunion, but we all know what happened to that reunion.

I was planning to attend our re-scheduled reunion in September 2022. Unfortunately, my doctors recently alerted me to a potentially serious health problem I didn’t even know I had and for which I still have no symptoms. The good news is my doctors say they caught it early. However, in order to improve my chances of being around for the 2030 reunion, I will have to miss our reunion this September and stick with my therapy program.

Enjoy the reunion and feel free to drink all the booze I would have consumed if I had managed to be there.

I will see you all in 2030!

Larry Cantu

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Total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 as photographed from River Bluff Cabins near Leakey, Texas.
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We got out a few days before the huge flood.
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Our twins, Rachel & Rafael, at Arches National Park in June 2022.
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all A's in all classes all year long (3rd year in a row)!
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Rachel & Rafael in New Mexico (July 2021)