Sherri Imhof:  

DEC 2012 UPDATE: For those of you who may have known me and my family - an update 37 years later...Dad is 89 and getting a tiny bit of dementia, but otherwise no health issues. He still drives and runs from all the little old single widow ladies around town that are looking for husbands! Randy and Sally (Casey) have 4 married children and six grandchildren. Randy is big into hunting and outdoors, and has built himself a log cabin by hand, on some land he owns. He also has a couple horses. Vickie is married and has 2 kids who are both married, and 1 grandson. She raises horses and sheep. I have two sons, Brad, 29, who is single, lives in Juneau Alaska, and builds log cabins. (Update....home in KS now....)Jason (32) is married to Athena and they have a baby girl Kaia, my 1st grandchild. They live and work on Long Island in New York. I live in SE Kansas, within an hours drive of Randy, Vickie, and Dad. I live in a cabin with a beautiful view, we raise cows, and have the usual pets, a dog and some barn cats. My hobbies are writing, playing my guitar, music, reading, and anything outdoors: hiking, fishing, camping...I like all kinds of music....We have lots of musicians in the family that play country, bluegrass, and other misc. stuff. I would really enjoy reading your stories too! 2012 UPDATE: We built a small cabin for my dad just a short walk from ours a year ago last Nov. He is 91 now and his dementia has progressed to where he needs someone to look out for him. He is on meds. now and is doing very well....no driving anymore. I go over twice a day to check on him and visit. I take his meds. to him. He still has an excellent long term memory and no other health issues. But....he may forget 5 minutes ago. Jason is still on Long Island....just the one grandaughter Kaia. Brad is still single....very outdoorsy.....a carpenter by trade and (update Mar. 2012) headed back to Juneau, Alaska in April. Alaska is in his blood....and I don't blame him, but I'm missing him already and he hasn't even left yet. When I visited there I didn't want to come home. It is beautiful there! Mountains, ocean, whales, fishing, hiking.....it doesn't get much better than that! Oh, and lots of log cabns! No cows these days. I had to quit my job with the Health Dept. when dad came here a year ago. Randy and Sal are doing great...he's retired and Sally will retire in March. (Update....talked to Sal last night and she is officially reitred!) Vickie has just the one grandchild ....Ridge who is 7 now. She still has a sheep or two and makes and sells homemade soap...fantastic soap by the way....all natural ingrediants. I read a lot, sew some, take lots of pictures, try to see some of my classmates when I can. The class reunion was great....SO good to see everyone!! The rest of the family is doing great. Babies are coming and the family is growing: grandkids for Randy and Sal, Great-grandkids for Dad. Dad was 92 in June. In just the last two months I see his dementia getting worse. He is getting his days and nights mixed up. His short term memory is getting worse. After the 1st of the year Randy and Vickie and I will have to talk about what to do. I am confident sometime in the next couple months dad will probably have to go to a nursing home. I'm doing everything I can to keep him out, but it's looking like soon he will need 24/7 care. He refuses a hearing aid or help with walking and he's getting unsteady on his feet. I feel sorry for him. I've decided I don't want to live to be 100 after all. November 2015: I don't get on here often. I was reading earlier posts and realized I haven't updated since 2012. Not sure if anyone reads this but just realized I have sort of a diary going here that I can keep. It's interesting to read previous posts and remember what was going on at the time. Dad is 95 and is in Assisted Living. He's like the energizer bunny....always seems to recover quickly. Has had pneumonia twice, fallen a couple times, but none of that for a year now. He's very pleasant to be around most of the time. I think having the company of others and being in some activities has been good for him, although he would probably prefer to be home. I still bring him home one night a week. He stays in the little cabin behind and I have a camera on him and then go over and check on him several times during the night. As long as he doesn't fall I'll keep that up. He knows everyone, but still gets confused. Yesterday he told me he use to play for the Kansas City Chiefs! ha I just said, "Oh really? Well that's awesome!" and chuckled to myself. There are some crossed wires of course because he actually did play football for Parson Jr. College, and one other college he attended. Can't recall. Everyone else in the family is doing great. Randy has 12 grandkids. Vickie and I each have one. I'd like more...but out of my hands. Still time I guess - both sons still far away: one still in NY and the other in Juneau, Alaska. Thank goodness for Skype. If I had my way I'd be living in Alaska...love it there. No cows these days. Going to try my hand at pumpkins next fall......dug up a 20x30 patch of dirt down by road. Just an experiment....lots of deer here so will probably be fighting that. Turned 62 and started Social Security. Bought a little junky camper last fa...Expand for more