Cynthia Mehoves:
CLASS OF 1978
Shea High SchoolClass of 1978
Pawtucket, RI
Goff Junior High SchoolClass of 1975
Pawtucket, RI
Flora S. Curtis Memorial Elementary SchoolClass of 1972
Pawtucket, RI
St. Cecilia SchoolClass of 1972
Pawtucket, RI
Flora S. Curtis Memorial Elementary SchoolClass of 1972
Pawtucket, RI
Cynthia's Story
Merry Christmas from Minnesota's winter wonderland where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. Snow has been falling for hours and we may have 8 new inches of it by the time the storm leaves us. It is beautiful and makes for a relaxing weekend.
My story in a small amount of space -I don't mean to imply I haven't had my fair share of the tailor made disappoints and challenges each of us is dealt, but with limited space I'll focus on the highlights and the good things.
Since I last saw you I went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to attend Marquette University in pursuit of a degree in journalism. There I met my husband David, and we were married just after Christmas in December of 1979 when I was 19. We transferred to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where his family lived, and I graduated from there in 1983 with a degree in Economics.
I worked full-time at USC after graduating, but in the summer of 1986, a year after our son David was born, we pulled up stakes and moved ourselves, our things, plants and animals to central Minnesota in a long cross-country trek in a Ryder Van. We had no jobs waiting and didn't know anybody, but it soon became home.
I worked for more than ten years as the Registrar at a mid-sized, public two year college, became increasingly involved in technical things, and eventually was recruited for my current position working in software development for the entire MN state college and university system, also known as MnSCU (min-skew). I've been in this position more than ten years too, so now have over 20 years under my belt as a state employee. During this time I also earned an MBA at our local state university.
When we first came to MN, we lived on an 80 acre hobby farm with cows and chickens and a very large garden 20 miles north of the city. For the past 16 years, we've been living in a restored nearly 100 year old house reminiscent of Jean Luc Picard's greatest wish when he enters the nexus in Star Trek¿s Generations. I love it, and I love my yard which, though city small, is filled with fragrant or edible bushes, flowers and trees that attract lots of birds and small animals. Half the year we also have koi and goldfish in a bubbling outdoor pond, and once had a pet squirrel named Skippy, who'd been abandoned in our yard when she was just a few days old.
Presently we have two dogs, two cats, one bir...Expand for more
d, and the aforementioned fish, including two babies born last summer in the outdoor pond. One dog is a 12 year old Airedale terrier, cocker spaniel, poodle mix named Ruff. The other is 5 year old black lab/Shepard mix named Sam. We have a 7 year old manx named Nick and a 2 year old manx named Sasha. Our bird is a beautiful 12 year old cinnamon cockatiel named Beakless because he was born with a deformed beak so has to eat parakeet food.
Our 23 year old son attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and is presently lead trumpet and music director for Royal Caribbean¿s Mariner of the Seas, cruising the eastern Caribbean. He lives in a tux and has a relatively glamorous life and fun job. He's traveled to Spain, Italy, France and Greece, been to Alaska, most of the Caribbean islands and Mexico. In early January his ship is sailing west from Florida to a new home base in L.A., so he¿ll be seeing Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Costa Rica on the way. He is very excited about this fantastic opportunity.
I was fortunate last February to be able to visit him for a week on his former ship the Voyager of the Seas so saw the Mayan ruins in Mexico and spent time on a beautiful white sand beach in Honduras. I was so happy to be able to wear shorts and swim in warm water in the middle of winter. I had a great time. I also saw Florida for the first time last spring and fell in love with the city of St. Augustine, visiting it twice during the stretch of my Orlando conference.
I have written some journal articles, dabble in fiction and occasionally write poetry, but mostly when it's bubbling up out of me and not on a schedule. I visit my dad and brothers in RI/MA twice a year and we spend every Thanksgiving in northwestern S. Carolina with my father-in-law.
Like everyone else, work and weekly household chores take up most of my time, but I also volunteer at church and do enjoy vegetable gardening, reading, cooking, seeing movies, watching my favorite TV shows and riding my bike when I can. I make lots of cherry and apple pies with the fruit from our back yard trees. I have a favorite coffee shop and like to take walks along the Mississippi. I love adventure but don't have many adventurous opportunities. I would someday like to parasail and would also like to zipline through the rainforest.
I wish you all a blessed and merry Christmas and a very happy new year,
Cynthia
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