Kimberly Hagen:  

Life I ended up doing the career thing with the military, retiring, and have set up a small Native American craft store in Saint Ignace MI. I always wanted to see the world, so after High School I entered the Army and was stationed in Germany. They paid for my college degree at Michigan State & I met/married my husband on Mackinac Island during a summer internship. After college I went into the Air Force as an officer in Intelligence. I spent most of my time overseas: Italy, Korea, Italy again, the Middle East and then shorter TDYs to Scotland, England, Germany (several times) Greece and other spots. We spent a long tour in the US, in Omaha at Offutt AFB, while I was on flying status. I took an early retirement with a slightly reduced pension as we had a baby towards the end and all the deployments & TDYs would mean I'd never see him. Way up in Upper Michigan, it's a lot slower than the cities and the air is cleaner. It's very beautiful with lots of trees and we live right across the road from Lake Huron. About the only thing I miss is seeing many friends from the old days as we are way too far for anyone to travel to visit conveniently. Since retirement, Vin & I finally made it to Alaska for about 3 weeks. We've done shorter trips to visit my sister & some friends over the years. Now, we are really tied down as Warren's mom is quite elderly and on oxygen. A lot of times I am split between the store, taking care of the house, and dividing time between Vin's home school (this year, 8th grade) and her nursing care. I took about 2.5 years of nursing courses, but wasn't able to get used to the blood. We are lucky enough to live in a place where people pay good money to take their vacations. We enjoy the area, and the wildlife, as well as swimming, hiking and camping. There are loads of rustic areas and trails to explore. ...Expand for more