Cindy Schaefer:  

Life Who knew that the love of my life was right under my nose, walking the same hallways to classes, & possibly passing by one another everyday for 3 years? Volker Schaefer & I met on our senior trip in the Poconos. We were married in 1967, We have a daughter & a terrific son-in-law, the parents of our one & only grandson. We also have a son & a lovely daughter-in-law who blessed us with a beautiful granddaughter in October 2012! Our daughter & son are almost 10 years apart. We had a 2nd daughter two years after our firstborn who passed away at age 3. We will be celebrating our 48th year of marriage August 26th. I went to work right out of high school as a secretary at an insurance company & later secretary at NJ Bell. Quit to raise a family. After we moved to WA I volunteered in the school district with a short time off when our son was born. Continued volunteer work, PTA, etc. and later became an elementary school secretary until Volker's job took us to Michigan. Worked for the school district there for a couple of years until we bought a small ranch, 2 horses, goats, chickens, etc. The 6 years we spent in MI are what I refer to as our "fairytale years" because we both loved animals (especially horses) & farming. (I know, who knew!) It was a great place to live, raise our son & enjoy many friends & neighbors who shared our interests. In 1995 we moved back to WA state & the beautiful mountains & evergreen landscape we loved & missed (Volker's job). We live on 5 acres in the quiet setting of Eatonville. Mt. Rainier is in our backyard (actually our frontyard). We spend time now enjoying life. We've traveled to Germany, Italy, Switzerland, England, Wales & Aruba & been to many U.S. states and points of interest. We went to England in July (2004) to visit friends we met a few years ago in Vancouver, B.C. t...Expand for more