Rhonda Gaumer:
CLASS OF 1979
John I. Leonard High SchoolClass of 1979
Lake worth, FL
Rhonda's Story
Hi everyone! Well, my story...hmmm...guess the Reader's Digest version is going to have to suffice. lol My parents decided it would be a good idea to move from WBP, FL to BFE, IL right after we graduated. Needless to say, culture shock set it and I was pretty honked off for quite a few years. I retaliated by being just a tad bit wild, went through a couple husbands, had two beautiful daughters (with #2) and moved to a slightly bigger area - which, is where I still live today. Skipping over a lot of mistakes and bad choices, today I have a wonderful life. My daughters are grown - Paige, 23 and Autumn 21 and twin granddaughters - Brooklynn & Kayleigh, who will be 4 August 30th. Paige is a hair stylist and Autumn is a massage therapist.
Myself, I'm a Jill of all trades. I've gone through two company closures in the same town - a steel manufacturing company, where I was in Sales & Marketing, and a hardware manufacturing company, where I did just about everything. ...Expand for more
I was a trouble-shooter there...so, wherever they needed help, that's where they put me. It was a fun ride, but both companies were very deeply rooted in the steel industry and imports ran us out of the market. I took a couple years off - "volunteer retirement" is how I liked to describe it. Honestly, after going through closing two major contributors to our community within five years, the last thing I wanted to do was jump back into the corporate world. So, I "discovered" myself. lol Found out what I loved to do, what I was good at, and who I was. Now, I'm back to working in the "corporate environment". But I absolutely LOVE my boss, the company I work for is private/family owned - yet we have a major global presense, both in manufacuring and sales. I travel, love my job (International Pet Product Manager & Global Show Coordinator), adore my boss, have a wonderful family, great friends, a fantastic "significant other"...what more could a person ask for in life?
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