Wynona Gardner Gibson:  

Married for 42 years to a wonderful man. Windowed, followed his military life, three daughter and one son.. owned and operated an interior decorator business, retired,live in Fayetteville, TN, Lots of hobbies, masses of flower gardens. People stop by to look and take snapshots. I might mention that we bought an old grist mill with the overshot water wheel. Mostly because it was so scenic. Art work in all medium and except watercolor. Dancer, carpenter you name it. I cannot sing!!!!!!!!Stay extremely active. Not a TV watcher or a couch potato Try not to waste my time on trivia stuff. I always wanted to be a artist when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a splendid idea. As it turns out, they were right. I think most young girls in my time dreamed of becoming an actress, most of us knew that desire was unattainable and moved on from there. The desire to become an artist materialized in the interior decorating business. Started out on the ground floor and advanced. Was always a better than average seamstress. I worked my field lock and key. When hubby retired from military life he work as an electrical engineer for the Space Program in Huntsville, AL. Lost my youngest daughter to a ruptured anuerism. Adopted her 11 year old twins, boy and girl and at the same time lost my husband. Remodeled a cottage on my property and moved my Mother here where I could help her in her so called golden years. She lived here for eight years until death at the age of 93. Still enthusiastic over being able to maintain my house and property. Love the outdoors. I do get lonely but never bored. Love the freedom of the rural scene. Have morning coffee in good weather outside and watch the wild life around forging for food and procreation. See and observe the good and bad in their life. Do not need pets. Have the birds and squirrels to occupy me. An occasional possum or heaven forbid a skunk will show. Encounter an occasional snake in my flower beds. I look those up but still don't know if they are poisonous or not. I do not stay around and study their markings. I am usually up around 4 or 5 every morning. I have difficulty in deciding if I want to do inside work or outside. Mostly the outdoor wins, especially in the spring. I am no longer under the pressure that everything has to be spic and span. A little more liberal with all of that. What else can I mention. Hate cell phones, I live downhill in a rolling landscape and the signals do not pick up here. Can't think of any thing to add at this time. I have already outstayed my time on the computer. This is an addition to the previous story that I have posted. We are now putting titles to ourselves. Are we couch potato's or have an over active adrenaline gland. Well, to be on the safe side I must have the over active adrenaline gland. I think I have always felt like we are only given basically so many years to live and enjoy and I want to take advantage of every minute that I am given. I see so many things in life that I would like to learn or do. If I had to make a choice now I would just have to toss a coin. there is not many things that I actually dislike. Mostly thou it would be in the creative field. Anything from architecture to sculpture. I really admire and anticipate what people can create. My travels in Europe awakened me to the fact that we do not have to have the latest state of the art equipment to make beautiful things. The craftsman of the past world delinquently, with little or no prepared tools, seem to form in their mind a vision and found a way to create what they saw mentally. I know I am the utmost optimist. I have never like to form negative opinions on things. If it is raining today surely it will soon quit and we will again be able to see the sun break thru the clouds. I am at the time and age that I find myself doing a terrific amount of thinking. It is not the kind that you get paid for but does some good. They say that keeping the mind stimulated will ward off dementia. Hopefully this is so because I cannot seem to keep mine from thinking. It it always rolling and tumbling in my skull. I will mention here a very important thing that I have witnessed from people. Everyone is aware that the economy is at a low ebb, but we are amazingly generous when we are called to donate. The devastation that has hit some of the poorer countries have seen us open our pocketbooks and give to help. I have a niece at this time giving her degree in nursing to head back to Haiti on her own funds. She along with others in her group are professional midwives and nurses. They are giving their time and effort to help restore some calm and order to a chaotic situation. We do not know why these tragedies occur, but I know that Haiti will be a better place after the rebuilding is over. It awakens our vision and we wonder why it was not done beforehand. I don't have the answer but I am so proud of people like my niece and the others I do not know in dedicating so much time and effort to help. God Bless I am going to add another chapter to my story and it might help someone cope. I am a cancer survivor twice. This hit a...Expand for more