Cathy Dearinger:  

Life Updated March, 2005 It's hard to believe that I've been living in the greater Los Angeles area now for 15 years. This is the fifth state I've lived in (I was also in Washington, Montana, Arizona and of course Illinois). After 14 years of marriage, I divorced Peter Stimes (class of 1973) in 1994. We had three kids together. I never remarried. My kids are Austin, a 20 year old student at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He's currently a theatre major and working lights for a production company. April is almost 18 and a senior. She hopes to attend Northwestern University or the University of Chicago as a college freshman next year. Eric is my youngest and 16 years old and a sophomore in high school. After my youngest graduates from high school, I intend to move back to the midwest. I'm looking at Galena,IL though I don't know how I'd adjust to living in a small town. But moving back to the Chicago area isn't out of the question. I've accomplished a lot in fabric arts and will start teaching classes later this spring. Hopefully I'll turn this into a full-time job that I can take with me anywhere I live. After many years of battling depression complicated with chemical and hormonal imbalances, I think I have finally emerged "normal." That's thanks to all sorts of physical and mental therapies and vitamins and minerals and prayer and patience. Thank God!...it's about time. For the first time in many years, I am once again socialable and eager to get...Expand for more