Mary Beavers:  

Have rejoined Classmates. To bring everyone up to date, I have been retired from Texas Department of Corrections for almost 5 years. I retired exactly one year AFTER Donald retired. He retired 2-28-09 and me 2-28-10, so that is our "memorial" date. September 28th is also our anniversary (almost 46 years) AND the date Donald retired from the US Army. Enjoying retirement (mostly) and spoiling grandchildren. We have 4 - Ryan is 23, Ami 20 (and got married in June), Mallory 8 and Makenzie 5. The oldest belong to our oldest, Sandy, the two younger belong to daughter Carolyn. There are 8 years between our girls (had a miscarriage in between), thus the age differences for the grandchildren. They all live within an hour drive, so see them often. Have had medical problems since the first of the year and they are not done yet. Donald has had 5 laser surgeries on his legs (clots). That started in January. In April he had 12 inches of his colon out because of cysts and signs of cancer (no chemo or radiation needed - thank goo...Expand for more