Deborah Shockey:  

crete manufacturer, a corrugated box plant, a senior center, which was like doing volunteer work and getting paid for it! Somewhere in between those "gigs" I was recommended for a community leadership program which I participated in, grew a bunch of business contacts and landed a job with the chamber of commerce as the operations director which was pretty much the president's right hand. I learned a lot from Jack Moberg who was instrumental in helping me develop professionally, he trusted me and encouraged me to "make it happen" whatever "IT" was, I made it happen. I'll always be grateful for that experience which led me to the very fulfilling life I lead today. I've been involved and been an integral part of a lot of the local fund (and FUN) raisers. My husband and I are very community volunteer-minded. Shockey was an avid houseboater until he made the decision last summer to sell the boat, it was getting to be too much upkeep. We both miss the life on the river, but don't miss the work (well, I guess I still even miss the work, but his part of the "boat work" was more demanding than mine!) He has been a member of the Marietta Boat Club for many years and has done practicall all of their electrical work, did I mention he is an electrician....isn't that funny...Shockey the electrician?! I guess our life is pretty boring to many, but it suits us just fine. We both do pretty much whatever we want, when we want (between naps, of course! tee hee) and are very happy with our life together. I hope most of our class can say the same. Be happy, take responsibility for your actions, be kind to others (including yourself) and eventually, what you do for others will come back to you.