Mary Cheney:  

Well, I got married 10 months after high school graduation to Jack Cheney, a 4-year Marine Corp vet whom I met one week after our school prom. Grant was born in 1970, Adam in 1973. Our favorite return vacation spot was Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina; now it's too commercial to enjoy. An unforgettable memory on one of those trips was we arrived one day early before the bed&breakfast opened for the season. The caretakers turned the beautifully decorated but empty Castle over to us anyway, told us to pick any suite we wanted, trusting us to behave. Jack and I played hide and seek in the two and three-story 30-some room mansion that had hidden stairways, different access points, soooo many good hiding spots. Later we made popcorn and watched TV in their stocked great room. There was a storm that night, adding to the ambiance. Worked in the Apartment Industry 20+ years until retirement in 2014. Ava, our granddaughter, came to live with us in 2012 at 20 months old (Jack had just retired a few months earlier), through today 7/2019 at 10 1/2 years old. She's pretty smart in school due to a couple of old-fogies raising her, I guess. I love teaching her big (well, grown-up) words so the teachers look at her like she's precocious. I had to laugh when Ava told us how the teacher mispronounced "hyperbole" as hyper bole (instead of hi-per-bol-eee for those still wondering). Looking forward to retirement travel in about 8 more years :-}. Got my eye on a nifty walker! Took up beading, wirework, general jewelry and craft making, getting pretty proficient, if I may s...Expand for more