2 Children: Ellen 51 (Nurse Practitioner Masters in Nursing), and Jared who passed away September 2020 More…of Lung, colon and liver cancer at age 42 (Senior Systems Engineer... literally a computer genius), 3 Step-children, 15 Grandchildren and 3 Great Grandchildren.
In Jr/Sr Hi Mr Olczak, hands down. Kindergarten: Mrs Rader was a saint, and Miss Donna Dise saved me from jumping-out-the-window when I saw my 5th grade picture! I was in tears, I had cut my bangs and they looked like they'd been chewed off by gremlins! I had no idea it was so obvious......
Wearing seamed stockings and my father's old Navy top to school in Jr Hi. Since that's about my favorite, it's pretty clear I didn't like school! Actually I hated school, and did a silent rebellion, which amounted to ignoring homework and refusing to participate in class.
Wearing a lift on my left shoe (due to bad medical advice) and hearing click, thump, click, thump as I walked through the halls, and the comments like..."hey, aren't you tall enough?" I'm 6'3" and was then too.... (Except then I weighed about 98 lbs...)
I make stained glass windows, have had a jewelry website and started selling on eBay in 1998, in its infancy. We used to raise AKC Shih-Tzu pups at www.lovemyshih-tzu.com ... no longer