Deborah Adkinson-McOwen:  

Hi Guys, a lot has happened since high school. I married right after high school, had a beautiful daughter. That marriage didn't work out so we divorced. I remarried a year later, had another beautiful daughter. We were married for 34 years. We traveled with his job to, Cincinnati, OH, Minneapolis, Mn, Charlotte, NC, Knoxville, TN and finally to New Orleans, LA, I had taken some college courses in Minneapolis when my girls were young. Then when my youngest graduated from High School I went back full time. I attended Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond LA and graduated with honors in 1995. I immediately started teaching at Covington High School and became the Art department head. I taught there for 10 years. During my tenure my husband and I divorced. I bought a house in Covington. Then Katrina hit New Orleans. I evacuated to my sisters house in Oklahoma. Couldn't go back for a month and when I did it was to massive amounts of devastation. Both of my now married daughters lost their homes, one rebuilt, the other...Expand for more