Jennifer /Ranney:  

Life After Willow Glen, I went to Cal Poly, SLO as an English major and got my elem teaching credential. I met my husband at Cal Poly. We got married two years out of college and moved to Exeter, where we live on a 40 acre orange ranch about 3 miles out of town. For a girl raised in the city, I have enjoyed living in the country and raising a wild bunch of kids. We adopted 4 children and raised a 5th boy, who came to live with us at age 13. We have 10 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren, with another grandchild and great grandchild on the way. My husband, a former orange grower and packing house manager, is a fireman, EMT, and teacher in the state prison system. I am in my 30th year as a first grade teacher. I have my life elem credential, language dev. specialist credential, and national teacher certification. Our daughter is mentally retarded and has serious medical problems, but participates in Special Olympics and other activities. I like to travel, especially cruises. My favorite trip was to China. I fulfilled a life long dream to stand on the Great Wall of China, and to see the Terra Cotta Soldiers. We also took a pea pod boat up some isolated river and saw the hanging coffins. Then we went on a boat through the Three Gorges Dam. I am a compulsive reader. Give me a book and I am content. I have fought the battle of the bulg...Expand for more