Karen Shinkle:  

Life I just turned 35 on Thursday and now am turning a phase in my life. I adopted a little girl overseas of 5 years old in which I had the opportunities that not many have in life. My mom and I lived in Russia and Kazakhstan for an entire month and brought home the most beautiful little one. Kimmi is the light of my life. I now live on a mini farm with my parents while I attend college fulltime. We raise mini horses and two fullsize horses with an assortment of other animals. My brother Paul, 1983, passed away in 2003. School My biggest crush back in elementary school until high school was Rob Strickland.....lol....He had a good personality and cute as a button back then. I have lots of memories of the old years......but my best one was working in the high school library. It also inspired me...Expand for more