Carol Temple:
CLASS OF 1962
Fairborn High SchoolClass of 1962
Fairborn, OH
Carol's Story
My family moved from Fairborn to Arlington, Virginia (Washington, D.C. Metro area/Northern Virginia) between my freshman and sophomore years. I missed Fairborn and still do to this day. What I missed most were the people I knew and loved. Eventually I adapted. to Northern Virginia as I had to do. New place and lots to learn.
After graduating from Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia in 1962, I went to school in Manhattan, thinking I was well on my way to becoming the editor of Vogue magazine someday. Didn't happen. Instead of pursuing that dream I got married, traveled a bit with my then Army officer husband and ultimately re-settled back in Arlington, Virginia in the early 1970's. I have two adult sons, both of whom live close by, and five grandsons.
Since 1973 I have been an active full-time residential real estate agent in Arlington, Virginia (Northern Virginia) just outside of Washington, D.C. I doubt that I will ever stop working in this business until my driver's license is confiscated! I work hard but also take two weeks every other month to spend time in our home in Naples, Florida. I work lots of hours there on my real estate business but, since I can't take anyone through a door, it feels like a vacation to me. It is also the only time I seem to be able to finish a book.
I have so many good memories of my time in Fairborn. I thought Fairborn itself was great but it is the people I had the good fortune to encounter during my f...Expand for more
ormative, growing-up years that truly make it memorable. For me, the Midwest, and Fairborn in particular, was definitely a special place - special times. I'm still missing the people who meant so much to me.
Dec. 2021 Update:
Sold the house in Naples a few years ago and am still active in the residential real estate business. Traveling came to a halt when Covid came on the scene but am hopeful that can resume.
Carol Covey Temple
Note from Carol: October 27, 2022
My mother died in September 2022 the morning after Queen Elizabeth's death. A friend said to me: "Just think. Maybe your mother and the Queen are up in Heaven having tea together." Well, I thought about that for about 5 seconds and responded "I believe she would rather be having martinis with Frank Sinatra...no matter where he is." My mother died at the age of 103. I will always miss the mother I had but not the person who died at 103. Sounds cold but her death got me thinking along the lines of "where did my life go?" Could I have done better? Did I settle for what was easy and convenient? Have I made a difference in some lives? Have I made a difference in my community? Have I been a good friend? In short, have I mattered? No apparent answers just the reminder to do what it takes to "matter" if it is only to one person or one neighbor or one colleague. I take it for granted that I "matter" to my family but probably shouldn't. It is never too late to do what it takes to "matter".
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