Adrienne Beste:
CLASS OF 1970
Chief Sealth High SchoolClass of 1970
Seattle, WA
Adrienne's Story
Life
Hello Sealth classmates,
Well, I'm finally doing what I decided I wanted to do at age 12 when I started taking French with Mlle Legaz at Denny Jr. High, and that's live in France. Taking advantage of a "life change" over the past few years, I have succeeded in acquiring a carte de sejour (the equivalent of the U.S. "green card", and no easy task), am working as a translator in Sophia Antipolis (southern France's Silicon Valley), and living in Grasse, "La Ville des Parfums".
The road's been long, and certainly not always easy, but I've discovered some pretty surprising things about myself along the way: basic priorities, what one can live with and live without, what I am capable of accomplishing, t...Expand for more
hat what doesn't kill one actually DOES make one stronger, and that at the end of a lifetime it really is the things we didn't do more than the things we did that we regret the most.
My goal is to obtain a 10-year residence card, and my plan is to stick it out here for as long as things are interesting, the challenges aren't too overwhelming, and I'm still having fun. After that, who knows? I am going to try to make it back to the States to see my family, my 27-yr. old daughter, Sarah, who is presently living in North Bend, and maybe for the next reunion, whenever that might be, so perhaps we'll be seeing each other sometime soon. I'll be looking forward to it!
You can find me as abfrance on Facebook.
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