Margaret (Maggie) Ciocco:  

Life 2008 Update: (Look for updated entries by finding the "*" ) For all of you who check in every year or so, much of my bio is the same... I'm still hoping that some long lost bud's (like Rhonda Osborne, from JJHS...) will log on to Classmates one of these days.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Gary & I celebrate 17 years of marriage in June. Our kids, daughter Rena, just turned 15 (and 5'8"!!!), the boys, Andrew is 12 and Aaron is 10. For the time being, we are still living in Killeen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ****Biggest changes lately???? **We will be heading to NW Arkansas to live on a 100 acre ranch (Restoration Ranch) this Spring, June at the latest. Helping out some old friends from Florida who are opening up a Natural Food Store in Branson, MO (just up the highway from the ranch). They are also building up their ranch into a retreat and ministry center...which we will be busy work, work, working on all kinds things...Not to mention the horseback riding and hiking in the Ozarks!!! **Gary works on the road a lot with Dyn Corp, so he'll continue with them until he likes being on the ranch more than working on helicopters! *In preparation for the move, we're downsizing....and decluttering some more. I've been greatly inspired by the FLYLADY (she's an online coach at flylady.net) **Also in preparation for our transition to country living, we have begun HomeSchooling. Yes, I said HOMESCHOOLING, our 3 kids! Freshman, 6th grader and 5th grader. It's actually quite fun (and challenging too, but for me, as their teacher, the challenge is in all the right places to help me grow into a stronger and more dynamic person!). We started this semester and plan on continuing until we feel led to do otherwise (The schools in that neck of the woods are a little TOO rural for my liking, so homeschooling is THE best option for us!). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So, here's what I've been doing since graduation: -After I left San Antonio in '84, went to Central Florida coast (Melbourne/Palm Bay). My mom passed away from cancer there THE day the Challenger shuttle blew up (January 28th, 1996). My brother Reed, was living in Orlando, in a group/host home situation. Since I had a pretty good job at Harris Semiconductor, I decided to stay. My sister & her family were still at Patrick AFB, so it was good to be close to family. Within the next few years, I got a little more level headed, found a good life giving church, and just grew up some more. I finally got married in 1991 to a guy I met at church. Had our first baby in Nov. '92 and the boys came one after the other, just two years apart. We decided to head to Colorado and try our hand at owning our own business. Raising a family AND a business at the same time was a challenge, but I couldn't recommend a better place to do it in than Colorado Springs. I brought my brother out with us to Colorado also and he...Expand for more