Sarah Sciortino:  

CLASS OF 1967
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Miami High SchoolClass of 1967
Miami, FL
Miami, FL

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I WAS MARRIED TO A WONDERFUL GOD FEARING MAN OF 24 YEARS, THEN HE WENT HOME TO JESUS. BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY, BEFORE HE BECAME ILL, WE LIVED IN ASHEVILLE N.C FOR 8 YEARS, BUT CAME BACK TO CENTRAL FLA. BECAUSE HIS PARENTS BECAME ILL. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THEY BOTH PASSED AWAY, FIVE YEARS APART. THEN FIVE YEARS LATER HE PASSED AWAY. BOY, I COULD WRITE A BOOK LOL. WHILE MY FIRST HUSBAND WAS ILL, MY SON WAS PLANNING HIS WEDDING AND HIS DAD WAS TO BE THE BEST MAN. MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE WEDDING. I DID ALL THE DECORATING BUT A GREAT FRIEND IN ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WHERE I USED TO LIVE) CAME AND STAYED WITH ME UNTIL THE WEDDING. AS A RESULT OF HIS DEATH, I WAS PHYSICALLY SICK FOR 4 MONTHS AND DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING. THEN GOD REMINDED ME I AM NEVER ALONE. THEN I MET MY CURRENT HUSBAND WHO HAPPENS TO BE 11 YEARS YOUNGER. WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER 14 YEARS, OF WHICH 10 MARRIED. HE HAS 2 BOYS NOW 19 AND 20. BOY THAT WAS DIFFERENT SINCE MY SON FROM MY FIRST MARRIAGE IS 37. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH iIT IN A NUTSHELL. I WAS SHUNNED AT MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AS I WAS NOT ONE OF THE "IN CROWD". HOWEVER, I MADE IT A PERSONAL CHALLANGE TO OVERCOME THE SMALL MINDED PEOPLE OF THAT TIME PERIOD, AND AS SUCH I HAVE BEEN BLESED FOR MANY YEARS. SOMETIMES I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE SNOBBY GIRLS AND BOYS THAT THOUGHT THEY WERE TOO GOOD TO ASSOCIATE WITH ME. GUESS I WILL NEVER KNOW, AS NO ONE STILL TO THIS DAY, EVEN CONTACTS ME. OH, WELL CAN'T WAIST MY TIME ON THEM ANY LONGER. OH, YEA, THE ONE THING I LOVE TO DO IS FISH. I USED TO WORK ON THE MUCHO K BOAT OUT OF BAKERS HAULOVER [OER. ON THE WEEKENDS, AND THEN AS A SECOND JOB LATER. I'VE WORKED SINCE THE AGE OF 14, WHEN OTHERS WERE PARTYING AND HAVING "SLEEP OVERS", I WAS WORKING TO HELP MY FAMILY. I HAVE BEEN A CARE GIVER ALL MY LIF...Expand for more
E, EVEN NOW. AND I LOOK BACK AT THE PEOPLE I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH AT MHS AND WONDER IF THEY GAVE TO OTHERS AS I DID. MAKES YOU THINK. THE PHONE COMPANY USED TO HAVE A SAYING, "HOLD THE DOOR FOR THE MAIL DELIVERY PERSON, HE MIGHT BE YOUR BOSS ONE DAY". THIS SHOWS YOU NEVER KNOW HOW A PERSON MAY TURN OUT IN LIFE, SO BE GOOD TO EVERYONE, EVEN AS A TEENAGER!!! SARAH3 (HICKS) (MANN) SCIORTINO I always wanted to be a restaurant owner when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a crazy idea. As it turns out, they were wrong even though I never purchased a restaurant. GO FISHING, AT NIGHT. SALT WATER FISHING IS SO RELAXING. JESUS IS MY HERO. NUFF SAID MODERN LINGO. ONCE MY OLDEST SON SAID I WAS A COUGAR. I HAD TO ASK HIM WHAT IT WAS LOL If I won $100 million, I'd give 10 PERCENT of it to CHURCH, then spend the rest on BILLS, FAMILY and FRIENDS. NEVER I HAVE WORKED EVER SINCE I WAS 14....I AM RETIRED NOW My best friend would tell you I'm AN INTROVERT, but people who don't know me very well would probably describe me as JUST AS NERDY AS WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL. I WEAR WHATEVER FEELS GOOD I share my home with 4 OTHERS, which I find WONDERFUL. NONE In 10 years, I hope to be DEAD. I'm going to get there by THE GRACE OF GOD. MY OLDEST FRIEND IS NORA BUSBY. WE MET IN ORCHESTRA AND SHE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON. I'VE LOST TOUCH WITH HER, BUT I STILL THINK OF HER OFTEN. My first job was at A TOMATO FIELD, where I got paid 10 CENTS AN HOUR to PICK AND SELL TOMATOES. What I remember most about it is NO ONE IS TOO GOOD TO WORK HARD.. THE DAY MY LITTLE BROTHER DIED. I WAS SIX AND HE WAS ONLY THREE MONTHS OLD. HE IS BURIED IN FLAGLER MEMORIAL CEMETARY. I WALKED THROUGH THE CEMETARY EVERYDAY TO GET TO HENRY M FLAGLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I STILL WONDER WHAT HE WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE IF HE HAD LIVED.
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