Debbie Reed:  

AFTER HIGH SCHOOL I SPENT MY FRESHMAN YEAR AT SUNO , THE FOLLOWING YEAR I RELOCATED TO LAS VEGAS TO ATTEND UNLV. I LEFT UNLV IN 1981. I BEGAN WORKING FOR CCLV . IN 1984 I WAS HIRED AS THE PERSONAL ASST. TO THE OWNER OF THE DUNES HOTEL.THE THING I LOVE MOST ABOUT THIS JOB WAS ALL THE TRAVELING IT REQUIRED. ANOTHER EVENT TOOK PLACE IN MY LIFE ON VALETINES A CAR INCIDENT TOOK PLACE THAT PUT ME IN THE HOSIPITAL AND FROM THAT POINT ON I MADE A DEAL WITH GOD THAT IF I REGAINED USE OF MY LEFT HAND THAT I WOULD BEGAN TO HELP ANY BATTERED WOMAN TO GET ON HER FEET . EVERY YEAR ON VALETINES DAY I GO TO THE BATTERED WOMAN'S SHELTER AND BRING A NEW BUSINESS SUITE AND ALL THE UNDERGARMENTS AND SHOES AND PURSE TO A WOMAN WHO REALLY WANTS THE HELP IN RECLAIMING HER LIFE.YOU SEE I LEARNED THAT GOD WILL NEVER PUT MORE ON YOU THAN YOU CAN HANDLE . IF YOU WAKE UP EACH DAY LIFE IS THE GIFT YOU'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH. IN 1986 I GAVE BIRTH TO MY DAUGHTER SYDNEY. I REMAINED IN VEGAS UNTIL 1989. I MOVED BACK TO NEW ORLEANS AND WENT TO WORK FOR S&WB . MOVED OVER TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY( MORE MONEY) IN 1998. STAYED THERE UNTIL 2005 WHEN I WENT TO WORK FOR NASA. GOOD FRIEND OF MINE MOVED IN WITH ME AFTER RELOCATING BACK TO NEW ORLEANS FROM DAVENPORT , IOWA HIS EX HAD FAMILY THERE . WE BOTH SUFFERED THE LOST OF A SIBILING LAST YEAR MY BROTHER IN APRIL AND HIS SISTER IN MAY( WE WENT TO CHICAGO HIS HOMETOWN FOR HIS SISTER'S SERVICE AND A HOLIDAY BREAK THAT WAS MUCH NEEDED FOR BOTH OF US. AND THIS YEAR I LOST MY BROTHER'S SON ( DARRYL REED JR. ) TO A HEART CONDITION . MY NEPHEW WAS 1 MONTH AWAY FROM HIS 24TH BIRTHDAY AND HAD NO SIGN OF THIS ILLINESS. IN 2011 I LOST MY BROTHER IN LAW WILLIAM COWBOY EDWARDS TO LUNG CANCER IN JULY . AT THE REPASS MY UNCLE ELEBERT WATKINS WLC 1968 INFORMED ME HE HAD LIVER CANCER AND WE LOST HIM IN NOVEMBER 2011. MY GOOD FRIEND ARRON AJ APPLEBERRY FORMER DJ WITH WYLD DIED OF A HEART ATTACK. I LEARNED THE HARD WAY IN 2009 THAT YOU MUST LIVE EACH DAY LIKE ITS YOUR LAST. IN DECEMBER MY COUSIN LEON TUNSON (COHEN CLASS OF 1975) DIED IN HIS HOME IN CALIF. AND IF THAT WAS NOT BAD ENOUGH WE LOST HIS OLDER SISTER PHYLLIS TUNSON THIS PAST CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY WLC1970 SHE WAS HIT BY A TRAIN ON 12-26-10 IN L.A. CALIF SHE HAD BEEN OUT THERE FOR THE XMAS HOLIDAYS MY COUSIN SEAN WORKS FOR BET TELIVISION AND HIS MOM WAS THERE TO SPOIL HER FAMILY FOR THE HOLIDAYS..HER SERVICE WAS UP ON A WEBSITE ..I HAVE 3 GRANDSONS AND 1 GRANDAUGHTER WHOM I ADORE . AND I DON'T LET A DAY GO BY WITHOUT REMINDING MY DAUGHTER SYDNEY SON-IN-LAW TYRELL GRANDKIDS TYRIQ (6) TAMAHJ (4) SHAAD XAVIER (2) , AND SKYE(3MTHS) FORGET JUST HOW SPECIAL THEY ARE TO ME..HAVE YOU HUGGED YOUR CHILD TODAY OR CALLED YOUR PARENTS TO TELL THEM THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU?? BE GOOD TO YOURSELF BEACUSE YOU ONLY DESERVE THE BEST. GOD BLESS YOU ALL... I TAKE A LONG HOT SHOWER AND PRAY FOR PEACE.I GARDEN AND SPEND TIME AT ALOT OF THE CLASSES THAT HOME DEPOT PFFERS. ITS A GREAT WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL CONTRACTORS ARE DOING THE WORK THE CORRECT WAY. AND I LOVE THE LOOK ON THEIR FACES WHEN I ASK QUESTIONS.. THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOVE YOUR GRANDKIDS ALL IN A DIFFERENT WAY BUT IN A EQUAL FASHION. My best friend would tell you I'm A SURVIOR, but people who don't know me very well would probably describe me as LAID BACK. MY OLDEST FRIEND IS MICHELLE JOSEPH WE MET AT HOLY GHOST IN THE FIRST GRADE AND WE CLICKED BEACUSE SHE WAS THE SISTER I DID NOT HAVE AT THE TIME, I NOW HAVE TWO BUT WE ARE STILL CLOSE AND TALK EVERYDAY. My first job was at HOUSE OF GREEN , where I got paid 2.00 PH to SELL CLOTHING AND DO COMMERCIALS. What I remembe...Expand for more