Christine Mays:  

Hi all you yellow jackets! Well I married my high school sweetheart Bob Mays, 4 months after graduation. We celebrated our 40th anniversary Oct.25, 2009 with 85 of our closest friends and family members. After graduation I attended Delta Jr. College for 2 years, then I decided I better get to work and help my husband. I worked at Diamond Walnut for over 13yrs. I worked year round as a fork lift driver. When I left there I went back to school took classes at humphreys insurance related programs for workers comphensation and I went to UC Davis, and took other classes and became a para-legal and worked at a law firm for 5 years. Then my mother-in-law had a stroke, and I quite my job to take care of her, she came and lived with us for 6yrs.(& still lives!) Then my father passed away and my mother had a stroke and she came to live with me and I took care of her for 7 1/2 yrs, she passed away almost 2yrs ago. I was all ready to go back into the work force when my middle child had her first baby and asked me to stay home and take care of her, and I am, but I am watching my other grandchildren also so I watch now a total of 4, 12hrs a day 4days a week. I have 3 daughters who in my opinion are beautiful inside and out. I spend most of my time trying real hard to be an example to my children and grandchildren. (and not always being successful, but you just get yourself up dust yourself off and start all over again!) Teaching them that time is precious, to value life, respect one another, to enjoy the simple things in life. To always have faith in God, that through him all things are possible. I enjoy witnessing my grandchildren learning through books and life's lessons. I pray they will be inspired, and responsible. I love teaching them about honesty, equality, human rights, to be kind in actions and in words, because words can be like a knife and cut right through you. "To do unto others as you would have them do unto you." I teach them when they get older and someone gives them a job to be a good employee. When you marry som...Expand for more