Cynthia Stroud:  

No, life did not turn out the way I expected, I expected to be dead by age 33, and had I known I was going to live this long I may of taken better care of myself. Now I'm a grandmother of 12 and a great grandma; and old age is creeping in, just had a stent placed in 1 of 2 clogged arteries, no doubt the result of 40 years of smoking Camel filters and not so much other great stuff. My children have both moved back to Arizona, Tucson to be exact and my step-daughter and her 3 kids live in Stockton, CA. Since I wrote last my children have moved back to GJ, CO. My son is a painter and my daughter a much better mother than I. My father passed in June of 2006, I miss him lots! My sister Shirley is still living in the Verde Valley, I talk to her frequently. My mom has been here in Grand Junction for about 40 years now, she's doing great, blind in both eyes pretty much from macular degeneration (wet) but that doesn...Expand for more