Cindy Barkley:  

Dear friends and classmates, I think this story will have to be done in increments - I can only sit for so long! :) Well, to all who read this, especially those I have not yet been back in touch with, hello, and please feel free to sign my guestbook and send me a message. The older I get, the more I realize that: 1) you can't have too many friends, and 2) bridges you once thought were burned forever may not be after all. A dear friend I recently reconnected with pointed out to me the other day that it's been 40 years since I (and my class) began high school. 40 YEARS...?!? That used to be a generic term that only very old people used, which meant "forever". Now, it's a fact. Wow. Reader's Digest version of my life: 2 years at FJC (now I think it's JJC or JCC or FJCJ or something with Cs and Js in it), majored in piano, minored in voice. Then I had marriages which went sour but produced 5 beautiful kids who are now my best friends, aged 26 through 35. Those kids have produced 4 amazing grandchildren for me, ages 1 year to 15 years, and now one more on the way! :) I went back to school in KY, double majored in Medical Administration and Accounting in 1998, and have been working in medical administration ever since. I have always dabbled in piano, taught off and on, played for different groups, etc, but never went the classical route as my teacher and my mom wanted me to do. I knew it would take more dedication than I was willing to give it, because I had always dreamed of marrying and having babies and being the Waltons, except ...Expand for more