Dee Pankonien:  

Life Life certainly has led me on a crazy path, from Hellertown to Houston, Texas with a couple stops in between. After high school I went to Bloomsburg State Univ. for a year; came home for the summer and got a job with Bell Telephone in their Allentown business office. The following summer I went to Rochester, NY to visit my college roomie and ended up getting a job at Eastman Kodak. In 1971, I met my husband, James Given, and we were married in 1974. Three years later, Matthew came into our lives and I "retired" from my job with Computer Consoles to become a full-time mother. During my pregnancy with Robert, Jim changed jobs and he went to Williamsport, PA while I stayed in Rochester to sell the house and wait for the arrival of Robert. Jim made it back in time to witness the arrival of Robert and to help us move 12 days later. We had nowhere to go in Williamsport, so the boys and I went to Bethlehem to stay with mom and dad until we could find a house. Three months later we moved into our house in Williamsport and I swore no one was getting me to go anywhere for quite some time. In 1982, our third son, David, died during labor and a great sadness filled our lives. We pretty much figured our family was complete and I kept busy with the boys and their activities. Much to our surprise, Kelly came along in 1985 to be both a joy and a pain to her brothers. As the youngest, and only girl, she was spoiled rotten. My pet name for her is Brat. *grin* Life became full of...Expand for more