Janet Adkins:
CLASS OF 1973
Guernsey Catholic High SchoolClass of 1973
Cambridge, OH
Janet's Story
Hey from down south! Living in metro-Atlanta was never even on my radar when living in Cambridge! Chester and I married in 1976 and were happy to live in Cambridge. But NCR's going out of business in Cambridge and relocating in Duluth GA turned our lives upside down. Chester and I and our two wonderful kids, Mary and Vince, journeyed down in July 1992 with our pets Charlotte the dachshund and Bill the cat. My dear brother Mark (aka Grub) died 10 days later and we had to head back up for the funeral.
Since then, the kids have grown up, getting a fine education along the way. Both went to Furman University and graduated. Mary was married last summer to hubby Todd Cartee and they live in Vancouver, BC Canada - where the winter Olympics were! Waaayyyy too far away!! Mary and Vince are both pursuing masters degrees - Mary at UBC (Univ. of British Columbia)in education and Vince at UGA in music.
I had a couple bouts of thyroid cancer in the mid-1990s, and needless to say, frightening ups and downs along the road. I got better. ( The pets passed on in 2005.) ...Expand for more
I was a stay at home mom for 21 years, doing a lot of volunteering at the kids schools. Then I went back to work when Vince went off to college in 2005. I work for the county school system and I love having Christmas, Easter(aka spring break) and summers off! Gives us a chance to travel back home and see the family. My mom & dad are still with us and Lord willing, they will celebrate their 60th anniversary this year. My siblings are all still in Ohio, and Chester's are in Ohio and Pennsylvania. His parents have both passed on - Pap in 1989 and Mum in 2007.
Life here can be a real rat-race, but it is pretty much what you make of it. I prefer to keep it low-key. I love going to daily mass as much as I can, and I'm a member of 2 prayer groups. I work (volunteer) at the church in a couple of capacities. Keeping close to the Lord is so peaceful and healing. I keep all the GCC grads in prayer - I see license plates all over Gwinnett County with the last 3 letters GCC all the time! So it reminds me to lift everyone up in prayer.
God's best blessings to all!
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