Shirley Crawley:  

Wow... Where did these years go! I was married for the first time at 18. At 20 I had my first son and 21 my daughter. 10 years later I had another son and the next year I had twin identical boys! Yup... That's five. Now I have 5 grandchildren too. 3 boys and 2 girls. All the kids are grown and gone with families of their own, except my middle child we lost when he was 12. I lost my husband in 2002 and remarried New Years Eve 2007. (My new husband is in the old time pic on my profile. I used that pic on our wedding invites that were actually WANTED posters!) I dropped the long straight hair "do" at about 27 or so. I landed in New Mexico in 1984 and have been here since. I love it here. I am only 35 miles from Durango Colorado, at the base of the Rocky Mountains. I can visit the snow any time I want without having to deal with it in a big way! Most winters here if it snows it's gone by noon! Right now I am the Director of Finance for a Private School, of all things! Read on... you'll see why I say that! School... If I had only known.... Eight years of parochial school soured me on school... I still remember Sister Ignacious Lyola and her famous ruler and pointer. She broke two while I was in second grade and made an impression on me that I still remember like it was yesterday. Then there was Sister Natalia, famous for general meanness and playing favorites. I quit before my high scool graduation and didn't have enough sense to take the GED until I was around 24 or so. (I've slept since then!) Most of the kids that remember me from high school remem...Expand for more