Shirley Payne:  

Life Not necessarily in order of importance, but who/what hits the brain cells first: Mel and I have been married 40 years (In April 2008)- yep that long. We have 7 grandchildren - Parents are Tammy Payne Shaw (our youngest daughter, a nurse on Mommie leave) and Tim Shaw, in Winston Salem. There are 2 boys, Jacob (13) and Simon (3yrs), 4 girls - Claire (11), Rebekah (10), Grace (8) and Eryn Rose (Rosie, age 5). July 5, 2007 Ava Kate Shaw - who smiles like her Grams does. The girls sing at Church and have been invited to other churches and related functions to sing. The group is called "Daddy's Girls", but they're really "Grams' Girls", just ask them! They will sing "Jesus Loves Me", but prefer "Living Waters", "My Father's House", etc. Rosie at 5 can belt it out with the best of them. Am I proud, NOT ME!! I never really knew what I wanted to be when I grew up (except I was going to be a secretary like Ann Southern, black glasses and all - task accomplished - former CPA Office Manager, but no black glasses-since HS anyway hahaha) until the grandchildren got here. Now I am GRAMS and loving every minute!! Thank you Lord for all of my blesses. Cindy is a business owner, hairstylist salon, in North Raleigh; and yes only my hairdresser knows for sure!! She owns a house in Clayton NC. She has 2 dogs and 1 cats and just spent a week at MDA camp with "her special boys"! This was her 3rd year and "MDA Lockup" is next week! Then there's the telethon that she works each Labor Day. We still see G...Expand for more