Renee Kim Hardy:  

Feb 14, 2023 - Currently, I am a first time grandmother of identical twin boys. They were born July 15th, 2022. I am Nana and my days are spent helping my daughter and son-in-law care for the boys. My days are filled with overflowing love and joy. Previously, here's my life to-date in a nutshell... I hung around Jefferson for 10th grade, got bored, quit school, with my mother's permission and the agreement that I had to pass the GED exams and get my diploma, which I did when I was 16. I hung out on the West Bank until I was 18 and then went to Ketchikan, Alaska. I worked as a Houseparent/Counselor at a group home for troubled youth and as the Youth Advocate Director for the City of Ketchikan. I lived in a cruddy old cannery house with a great view of the narrows and traveled throughout Alaska every chance I had. I came home a year later and worked various jobs in the social services field while I took classes at the U of M, St. Cloud State, Anoka Community College and finished out my Associates Degree at Normandale Community College. I got married at age 28, gave birth to my beautiful daughter at 32 and got divorced at 43. Soon after my divorce I fell in love with my b...Expand for more