Connie Holt:  

Life I did not marry the guy I was engaged to in high school-I ended up marrying his cousin. The best things to come of 15 years of that mistake are my daughters Michelle, (age 36 , W.S.U.,& works in the c.d. dept. of a bank) and Kimberly(age 34, 2 years at K-State,11 years in the Air Force, now works in the sheriff's dept. in Boulder, Colorado). They gave me grand-puppies, but I have 3 grandchildren thanks to my step-son Ronnie,(age 30 works at Cox Cable) and Tonya ( age 28, works at Via Christie St. Francis). My husband Ron and I spend alot of happy time with the grandchildren. I retired as working foreman dispatcher at Kansas Gas Service (after 24 years) in 2003. I have always wanted to work in the schools with children, and I felt like it was time to go for it. I had attended classes at Friend's University and Butler County, but I did not have a teaching degree , so I became a para-educator at Goddard High School. I soon found out that was the best thing, as I loved working with special needs kids, but I didn't want all the paperwork headaches. I didn't return to Goddard last fall as I stayed home to nurse my husband after his heart surgery. He is doing fine now, so I am app...Expand for more