Barbara Thompson:  

Life Write at barbarajeanne gmail. 7 children, in KY. In about 2002 I found my little sister on Classmates.com. I had been raised in foster homes and had lost my two younger siblings. Just before that, Salvation Army Missing Persons helped me to find my little brother, who told me which high school they had attended. Then I went on Classmates and looked up my sister's name. We have all been reunited; now I know where all of my original family are. Thanks, Classmates.com. After highschool I went to Warner Pacific College in Portland, OR, which was the church college of my foster parents' denomination. I took three years of math, then switched, last minute to a Psy/Soc major, but never pursued a career outside of the home. There, I met my husband, who is a "preacher's kid". We lived in Portland until 1996, had 7 children, home schooled, and learned to sing together. We like to sing a capella classical and hymnal music in 4 parts. We made a few CDs. I have been a homemaker, interested in the traditional skills of a housewife. I especially like nutrition. I am not a "stay at home" wife, because I do not have to stay anywhere; working people have to "stay." The way that I made it work financially is by thoroughly being thrifty. In 1996 we decided to "get out of debt", so we moved to Kentucky all together, camped out on our land for 6 months, built a cabin and roughed it for two winters, then built a big, quality house, debt free. It was a great, educational, team effort and it was fun. Also, since high school, I have studied the Bible and am glad that I now feel comfortable between it's covers. I wish that I had simply read it through at least once during high school. What a shame to skip this important piece of literature in an otherwise thorough education. The Bible's wisdom has helped me avoid life's pitfalls that I would otherwise most certainly have fallen into. I especially enjoy Psalms and Proverbs and I Samuel. When I "grow up" I'm going to be a poet, become excellent in a musical instrument, and learn to paint realistic pictures. I think of some of you and wonder what has happened to you. School Mark Crummey gave me a ride to the bus-stop once in his cool convertable. He was so cool, I was speechless, which is rare for me. Keith Hauser used to listen kindly to my stories. Carla Sandstrom and Vercilla Schneider used to walk with me to school; where are they? Sharon Giles and Christine Blackburn used to eat lunch with me. Where is Christine? Sharon was in Japan, last I heard. O.Dale Blackburn was the best music theory teacher! I was the worst driver that the brave teacher ever let drive one of the school's big, plush powerful cars, right out onto busy 19th Ave. I REALLY did NOT know what I was doing, with cars whizzing past me. I wish I took Chinese, but it was the same time as my beloved Spanish class. The school was TOOOOO big for me; I got lost; I was SOOOOO lonely in the big crowd. I went to a teeny college and felt more at home. I wish I had gone to a smaller high school, but I appreciate that the other students were serious at Lowell. I enjoyed Y...Expand for more