Lisa Yarrow:
CLASS OF 1988
Manatee High SchoolClass of 1988
Bradenton, FL
Lisa's Story
Life
Nineteen years is rather a lot to capture in 4000 characters or less, nÂest pas?
In the past 19 years IÂve been busy being:
student
paralegal (US bankruptcy and appellate court)
development assistant at Dartmouth College
furniture re-finisher
conference and exhibition planner for international events
gardener
manager of a conference and exhibition department for a British trade association
backpacker
student
poet
meeting and special events planner
partner
wedding planner
hausfrau
wife
mother
IÂve lived in:
Bradenton, FL
Sarasota, FL
South Strafford, VT
Moniaive, Scotland
Glasgow, Scotland
London, England
Bradenton, FL (that old chestnut)
Pittsburgh, PA; and currently
Charlotte, NC
To fill in some of the spaces left by the list -
In 2001, after nearly 10 years of wandering, I found myself back in Bradenton. Although I'd been back for holidays (when you live in Scotland, you are eternally in search of the sun), living in B'town again was a bit of a shock.
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he verge of packing my bags and moving on, when a Windows-based virus led to me meeting up again with Peter Averdick (MHS c/o '88). Like me, he'd wandered quite a bit since our last meeting in Bradenton, and was in the process of creating a new chapter in his life. Somehow, our plans and lives converged and it's been brilliant. We continued our nomadic existence for several years and settled in Charlotte (at least for now) nearly three years ago.
In October of 2006 our son, Benjamin was born. He looks very much like his Daddy, has the temperment of his mother (poor us!), and has a great sense of humour.
Through Classmates, I recently got in touch with Nicole Boyce and offered to help with planning our class reunion. Might was well put some of that planning experience to use! We'd love to hear from as many of our classmates as possible - we'll be compiling a list of people's contact information and would be grateful for any you can share!
Looking forward to seeing y'all in 2008!
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