Betsy Anne Surles:  

Today is unique- when I awoke with a pulse I just knew Ihad a purpose so sought out to find what it was I was to do today. All around me live persons who need an ear with which to be listened, have a need which needs meeting as best as possible, have a life worth sharing, and seem like really nice persons for who they are. Then there are those who.....and I just try to be nice. Now when it comes to special persons, that would include my hunk of 57 years, my three wonderful kids, David, Linda and Stephen(each a foot taller than I), Missy (Steve's lovely wife) and two wonderful grnddaughters, Tori and Paige, who live in W.VA. My brother, Raleigh, has lived with us since 1986, my sister, Nancy and husband,Phil, are in Fredericksburg, and brother Tom, and wife, Mary, live in Spotsylvania. We all stay busy but we often 'pass one another in the night'. Life in Warrenton since 1964, consists of Lenny (Jesse L.) working as a CPA fulltime still,and having a fast, aortic valve replacement 2009 and me having a shoulder displacement and curtailing driving 5 months! I'm again keeping the homefront, canning Raleigh's garden produce, spoiling the granddaughters as often as possible several times a year, teaching a Sunday School class at Warrenton Baptist Church and leading a senior group of 35 or so I began, called Sojourners, in monthly activities and in being the leader of our Women's Missions group. Inbetween times, I like tending my flowers, crocheting,k...Expand for more