My life

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I have been a member of mylot for almost 2 years now. I have loved almost all of my time here, though there have been a few tense moments when someone disagreed with something I posted and decided to disect my character, my honor and in one case, my mother. But there are some things about me that you may not know. So: Here's the recap of my life in the Reader's Digest version:I was born in 1966 in Hot Springs Arkansas. I have two younger brothers, a sister in law and 2 nieces. I have been married to my husband since November of 1986. We have a son James, who is almost 22 and recently checked himself into a 6 month drug treatment facility. Our daughter Kristen is 20 and is a cosmotology student and the baby is a Sophomore at the University of Little Rock and plans to teach. About 2 years ago, Mike and I unoficially adopted another child. Tyra is 24. Both of her parents have died and Mike preached her dad's funeral and she looked at me and asked What are my kids going to do for grandparents. That day we became Nonny and Poppy to Jace and Zane who will never know that we aren't their real grandparents. Tyra calls us mom and dad and will continue to do so for as long as she wants. I have several friends who have been my friends for over 20 years. 1 of those has been my best friends since we were babies in the church nursery. Another joined us when we started first grade in 1973 and the 4th member of our lifetime group joined us when he moved to Arkansas in the 4th grade. We are still all best friends and we talk to each other at least twice a month. I love to cook, bake and do crafts. Before I had back surgery in 2006, I had taught preschool Sunday School classes for 23 years. I was 17 when I started teaching. Now I'm the nursery coordinator for the church where my husband pastors. My life revolves around my family and my babies. You'll often find me posting pics of them here on gather. I am now a full time college student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. I am an honors student, have been inducted into Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society and was recently named as a 2009 McNair Scholar. I major in Advertising/Public Relations and Non Profit Professional studies. I want to go to law school after I graduate. I've never been sky diving, bungee jumping or White water rafting and quite frankly don't want to. I've never been to Alaska, been on a cruise or traveled to France, Scotland, Ireland or Italy, but would like to do all of those things. I would love to go on a storm chase across Oklahoma and Kansas in the spring when the big tornadoes and thunderstorms come through. I'd love to move back to Orlando when we retire so my grandchildren can come see me and we can all go to Disney world. I still hold the record at a local amusement park for the employee who has ridden the tilt-a-whirl the most times without getting off and without getting sick. (173 times). Of course, the ride is no longer in the park, but I don't always tell that tidbit of information. I am a born again Christian and very open with my faith. I do not believe that I am any better than the next person, because we all have faults and we all sin. I am simply forgiven. I would love to see each of my friends create an article like this, because I'd love to find out more about the people that I talk to on a daily basis!