Anita Johnson:  

Life I've lived in Iowa for the past 32 years and although I hate the winters, I really like my adopted state. It's home, now. Rod and I will celebrate our 33rd anniversary this June; I met him as a freshman at Findlay College, now U of F. We have three children, ages 29, 26, and 22. Our eldest son currently works as a waiter at two restaurants and loves it much more than the bank job that he had previously. He is a prolific reader, loves literature, and he is an excellent writer. He has helped a friend produce a cd and creates his own electronic music. He is having a couple of health issues to go along with his Type 1 Diabetes, diagnosed in high school, but we are optomistic that a stapedectomy to replace an ear bone in each ear will prevent him from a progressive deafness. Our middle child is finishing her first year at U of I College of Dentistry. She continues to work really, really hard, and loves it. It's amazing what is required to pursue a career in the medical/dental profession. I told her she should write a book about that process, alone! Our youngest graduated from college early, in December '14, despite battling Hodgkins Lymphoma. He went through chemo from Oct. '14 - April '15 and was just found to be in 100% remission, and this kind of cancer should not come back. We thank God for that! Before his diagnosis, he took the LSAT, yet had been thinking about coming into our business. He dec...Expand for more