After graduating I opened a restaurant in Halstead (which I couldn’t have done without Dave Pownell’s help!),until I got married and moved to Oregon. I loved it there and spent my time hunting and fishing and enjoying the beautiful country. My husband got promoted and transferred to Southern California. (I wanted to stay in Oregon and just have him commute back and forth but that didn’t go over well.)
I got a job as an administrative assistant for two Best Western hotels and three tanning salons. Loved my job and it was a great vacation spot for my family. Lots to see and do! Hubby got another promotion and transfer to Las Cruces New Mexico. Great weather there and I got to go back to hunting and fishing. Loved it! The next promotion took us to Louisiana. I thought I was in a foreign country. The speech, lifestyle, and food were so different. It was quite an adventure.
We were blessed to be able to go to St Thomas a few times, which was wonderful until my husband had a heart attack over there. I had to hire an air ambulance to come get him and take him to Miami Florida. He had what is known as the Widowmaker heart attack so it was a miracle he survived. He ended up with a lot of heart damage and wasn’t able to work. We decided to move back to Kansas to be close to family. After 35 years of marriage we got divorced.
I got a job as a pharmacy technician until I retired. I now live a peaceful life in Lehigh Kansas with my loving Labrador. I’m starting to work on my “bucket list”. I’m going to Alaska in August and then to Niagara Falls after that. Just enjoying life!
