Jane Adkins-Teague:  

Life Life is what you make it! Greet each day as a new opportunity and am thankful for the opportunity to make a difference. Came out of my shell after school, not right away, but YEARS later. I guess life's experiences build steps that get you over the wall if you're are willing to look for the positive in each lesson learned. In any event, I am enjoying my life. I don't carry baggage with me and live a very spontaneous and rewarding life. I have a couple acres out in the country, Midland, and love home fix up and repair projects. Mickie and Minnie, my constant companions, chichuachua's, keep me grounded in the true meaning of unconditional love. Last name now Adkins-Teague. Kids...........just one, Eddie. Three grandsons, one granddaughter! Wow is that neat! Enjoy auctions, summers on the water, winter in the mountains, and the rest of the time just taking one step at a time. Workplace Director of Operations/Leasing and Property Management for a commercial real estate development company, primarily in land banking, acquisitions, development, and property management of commercial properties that we own. Been with the same company 33 years this October (2015). How do I hope friends remember me? WOW! I hope they would recall my zest for life in addition to my positive prospective that always remained positive about everything with an understanding that there is a purpose in all. I would also hope they would recall my NEVER EVER QUIT and CAN DO spirit. They may recall that I wanted to be a writer. As it turns out, I have been published several times with some of my poems. Always loved the "creative writing." As for how I blow off steam, I work on "home improvement projects" or my landscaping, but in reality, I learned at a very young age to control my temper and as a result, I just "tie a knot and hang on," rather than lose control that may have me say or do something I would reqret and risk not having tomorrow to fix it. As we all know now that life certainly doesn't always turn out as we thought it would when we were young and possibly sheltered from reality. It certainly didn't start out as I used to daydream it would. I got married right after graduation........remember the pen pal.....well that was a big mistake. I learned the hard way that you don't make that decision out of fear. Since I was a foster child and didn't know what would happen to me when I turned 18, which was the summer after graduation, I decided to marry someone I barely knew, but thought that would provide me security. I didn't know where else I would go after I had to leave the foster home I had lived in since I was 1. Took me 8 years to figure out how to get away from a horrible situation. One child in tow then 4, with a bus ticket and hot cycle, I ran. Hid for over a year in fear. Ended up a few years later marrying a dear friend because we had so much in common and he was so good for my small son to have some stability. That too was a mistake because it just permitted me to exist and make time but at least my child had a stable life. After turning 40, I realized life is too short and if I had then reached wha...Expand for more