Sara McGibboon:  

From graduation in 1962, I did a lot of things, as one would expect in a half century of life. Among other many other things, I had a daughter, Jennifer, and have five step-kids: Lupe, Elena, Estella, Gabe and Evie. Every one of them is grown and middle aged, has kids and grandkids of their own. My contribution to the universe was to go to community college and a university, get my BA degree in Education, teach some, and then do social services work. Now, like most of us who are in this class, I'm married to a great guy (most of the time he is great, that is, but not all the time) and we have three cats and two birds, who are our pet-kids and without whom we could not live. Have lived in several places in WA, CA, and in one place in MN. I am fluent in Spanish, Spanglish and Sarcasm. I was fairly shy back in those days, kind of a loner, kind of a dreamer. The major change is that I'm not so shy any more. I always had a good sense of humor and it has only improved with age . . . not that everyone thinks I am funny,but I do, and that is was is important. Wild things in school? Not until I got out of school did I have my wild times. If you think you might be interested, ask me, and I'll probably tell you. The people I most respected in years gone by were my Grandma Boots, my Mom, and my two aunts, Lillian and Inez. And learned the most from. They were all very strong women in their own ways. My heroes, too, were these four women. Other, more public heroes, were Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Cicely Tyson, and many others in the public spotlight. They too were and are strong people in times that were very difficult and they have character and love in ways unlike most of the rest of us. I wish I could see any of my relatives who died when I was young. . . there are so many questions they might be able to answer for me . . . all my grandparents, my parents, my deceased aunts and uncles . . . old friends f the family. Biggest thing I ever learned from my kids and an...Expand for more