Catherine Burr:  

This was part of why I could never relate to many of you in both hs and college - a truly sad outcome for any young person who should be entitled to all the positive relationships high school is supposed to provide, and which could have helped me. Nevertheless, these lessons were necessary and at last coming to fruition. I don't know whether enough time has passed for those still (yes, still) working against me. I came up against some of these when I heard Ryder was being forced out back in 1999. I got enough of a fair hearing at least, discovering that there were no official records of my old complaint although parents and the district had been directly involved, and the entire incident helped me stop some very bad people. As a deeply religious person (Chuck Ostgaard - I very much remember 5th grade afterschool bible at your house and deeply appreciate it) I have come to understand the role I have played and the pathway I had to walk. I often tell people that, given where I started, and given our fallen world, it was as it had to be - and God has richly rewarded me with, I hope, wisdom about it all. I live in East Tennessee, and life is beautiful and too full with so much to do and read and continue learning. I never married and have no children, but that too is as it had to be - for now. I continue to get involved with the conservative patriot movement, my churches, and writing about it all amidst the beauty of God's creation in our great country.