Mary McConnell:  

I hope old friends remember me as the one full of joy that senior year in high school. I wanted to be a writer when I was a little girl. Neither my family nor my friends knew that was my goal. I am now retired, and I never wrote that book I planned to write one day. I blow off steam by yelling at my t.v. I mean really, who wants to listen to somebody blow off steam? The wildest thing I ever did in school was be late 3 times in a 6-week period and I had to stay in detention. Wow talk about boring. If I go back to work, I will need my new digital hearing aids, a phone, and my purse to deal with it all. My hero is Jesus. I would never have made it, would not be alive without Him. I moved to Texas and stayed here because I did not have anybody in SC. I would love to adopt a kitten or two but right now I cannot afford it. My biggest surprise is that I can still be happy even if I got nothing I wanted whatsoever. my dream home is a luxury condo -- I have an ordinary one, but it is nice. I have done lotsof remodeling. I would love to see Betty Riddle again. I want to explain and defend why I am a Republican!!! If I...Expand for more