Jane Volberding:  

2015 Update Don't have the cats anymore both died in 2014. Don't have any pets. One of my beloved horses died from toxic feed - very horrible death. On a good note her son is alive and well and eventing at age 19 at the training level. He is ridden by my student and is currently at "school" with her at Iowa State, in Ames. I have retired from therapeutic riding teaching as I have had both knees replaced and most recently a shoulder replaced. My Job I have been involved in FMLA Leave and absence management for 13 years now, most recently at Sears Holdings Corporation handling claims for 220,000 employees nationwide as a member of an 11 person team. I retired from coaching an eventing team as they all graduated from the level I taught and moved to the Preliminary level. Personal Never married but I have a steady partner for the past 12 years. We decided long ago not to marry. We have good times and bad times but we help each other and hold each other and share the love. He's very hand around the apartment and loves to cook with me. My family has gotten smaller and bigger at the same time. Both my parents are gone as is my brother Mark who had Down syndrome and like his mother died of Alzheimers - it was very hard going through the ravages of Alzheimer's first with my mother then my brother. The remaining clan grew the family. Tom has 2 kids an...Expand for more