Linda Seme Burik Pournaras:  

After graduation, my parents sold our house and moved to Fort Myers Florida in the early summer of 1971. At that time my parents would not allow me to stay in Cleveland "alone" even tho I had relatives there, so I had to I move with them. It impacted my life forever. I was dating Paul Burik, Garfield, Class of 1967, at the time. We became engaged, moved to Florida and married in August of 1971. Our only child, a son, Todd, was born in 1974. Paul and I divorced after 10 years of marriage, but we both still lived in Fort Myers. Paul contracted leukemia in September of 2006. He fought a tough battle and tragically by the end of January 2007 Paul passed away. His illness was attributed to being exposed to Agent Orange while serving in Vietnam. Years later, I met and married a wonderful, happy go-lucky, kind, generous man named David in 1987. He has 2 daughters, Courtney who lives in Fort Myers, FL and Erin, who lives in Savannah, GA with her boyfriend. Erin works in Savannah's major hospital as a Clinical Lab Tech. My son, Todd, has been a firefighter for years and works for the City of Fort Myers Fire Department at the main station. Anne, his wife, owns Baby Boot Camp in Lee County , a mother-baby fitness program for pregnant and postpartum moms. They have given us our 2 grand children - both boys. William "Cooper" and John "Crosby". Cooper has curly light blonde hair and Crosby has straight long auburn hair. They are little munchkins and melt our hearts. I began work with the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families in 1972 and stayed with them for 35 years, eventually serving as Program Director for the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program Office overseeing the contracted adult & children's service delivery system in Southwest Florida. I retired in 2007. UPDATE: 2013 In June, 2013, my husband and I were in a horrible car accident. Due to our injuries my husband and I spent 3 weeks in the Savannah Hospital and 6 months at home recovering. We give our thanks to God for a second chance. UPDATE 2014: In Sep 2014 David & I had the trip of a lifetime and spent 14 days in my ancestors' homeland of Slovenia. Found ancestral villages, homes and relatives! What a beautiful and friendly country! Pristine, organic, farms, gardens, beautiful flowers, amazing architecture from centuries past, castles, churches, villages, Did not want to come home. On other hand, grandsons are now 6 and 4-1/2. They are too cute and smart for their own good. LOL. And, they are the light of our lives. UPDATE 2015: Trips to Savannah, St. Maarten, (this is island where the big KLM jets land right over you on the beach, and at take off knock y...Expand for more