Charlotte Dougherty:  

Life Dan and I married 1968. We wanted our family while we were young so they would be emancipated while we were still young and we could travel!--ha ha. Our son, Doug, was born 1969 and died 1990. Our son, Corey, was born 1971. He provided us with a granddaughter in 1995 and a daughter in law 1996. She's more like our own daughter than a DIL. (She's our granddaughter's mom). Dan hopes to retire at 62 and THEN we can do our traveling!! He's already counting down the pay periods until retirement! (He'll be 63 soon and still working. Oh well. We just create a new time line and go from there. I take my dog for a walk. Where we can I don't use her leash and she frolics around like a filly in the field. To her a walk is like giving her the best gift EVER! She is very appreciative and I forget about everything else. She smiles so brightly it warms my heart. My current age is 61. When I was 12, I thought that people my age now would be VERY OLD. I was so completely wrong. I feel 30 and am so shocked when I see myself in the mirror. "Is that my grandmother?". My best friend would tell you I'm loving and caring, but people who don't know me very well would probably describe me as a dry humored, mean looking old lady. I changed my jeans for slacks and my cotton bl...Expand for more