Betsy Lester:  

Hello to "old" friends. I'd like to hear from you. My daughter and I are living in Colorado. We both miss the Bay Area, but have found a new home and great friends here. In case you were unable to come to the last SRHS reunion, I will catch you up a bit. I have a daughter, Natalie, whom we adopted from China in 1997. She is now 13 and a true joy of my life. Unfortunately and to my complete shock, my husband of 16 years, and Natalie's dad, decided he wanted to pursue an artist's life without wife or child. He left us at Christmas, 2008 and now lives in Italy. We are healing as best we can from this heartbreak and shock. We are active in CYT (Christian Youth Theatre -- google CYT Denver, we are in Parker) where Natalie performs in the musicals, and I create and sew costumes. We are rebuilding our lives, with the help of dear friends and family. I retired from a teaching career of 37 years. I miss teaching so much, Being in the classroom all those years was a complete joy, though of course, it had its challenges. These days, I volunteer in the classroom, still singing and playing my guitar with wonderful kids. I worked actively on the Obama campaign and that was a bit of a challenge in more-coservative Parker, Colorado. I took great pride that my grand-niece was chosen to introduce Mic...Expand for more