Cheryl Marantino:  

Life I married Steve, from Notre Dame, we have been married 38 yrs in August. We have 2 adult sons, and one grandson, Embrey. Our oldest, Dustin, is a police officer and his wife is a firefighter. Garden, the younger son is turning 30 in a few days, he and his wife are teachers. Embrey is the 9 yr. old son of Dustin. We have been in Colorado for the better part of the last 25 years, moving with Steve's career in school administration. We have lived all over the state, currently in Colorado Springs. I had a short lived career in advertising after graduation, followed by a long career in visual merchandising, and took that a different direction with a homestaging business, from which I retired about a year ago. We love working on houses, and are always working on a project, or two or ten! Steve was a woodshop teacher before he got into administration, and that proves quite handy. My folks still live in WF, so I go back fairly regularly to visit, but never seem to run into anyone, (not that I would recognize anyone!). Steves family moved to San Antonio while we were dating, so we go down there also, and both of our families come together at Thanksgiving nearly every year. We pick a different city, each year and all congregate there. We stay in a hotel, eat at a nice restaurant, then play cards and watch football...lots of fun! I get to spend lots of time with the grandson, and he is the light of my life! It is so much fun to see him develop and grow and learn...He is, of course, the smartest child currently living on the planet! We love to travel, whether for a weekend in the mountains or abroad, and have had a few opportunities to do so. Currently, we are empty nesters except for our 2 cats, Duffy and Varmit, both "rescued" many years ago, so we are pretty free to just go when we are ready. Through the years, we have moved a lot, never living anywhere longer than 5 years. I think that "Air Force brat" life got under our skin and we get antsy after about 3 years, wondering where we will move next! We did sit still long enough for each of our sons to go to 8th grade and high school in one town, each. As for hobbies, I am really interested in genealogy. I have done quite a lot of research on all sides of my family as well as Steves, and can trace my American heritage to the 1600's. My pedigree is not very illustrious though, we are truly "Heinz 57"! I am working on scrapbooks/family histories for my sons, so this information doesn't get "lost". I actually love doing all kinds of research/reading and a few years ago, I got nostalgic and started doing internet searches for old friends. I reconnected with several people from Hirschi, even from Junior High, who had moved away. It is a very small world with the internet! ...Expand for more