Diane Shorey:  

Hi you guys, I've been asked by a number of old friends that I haven't seen for many years, to tell them my life story. Hopefully this will kind of catch you up with what has happened with me and my family over the past 30 plus years. A short version... but here goes. Well, life started with Elementary, Jr. High and High School¿then I got married and my husband's job moved us out of SLC pretty much immediately. We moved to Los Angeles, Calif. & then to Seattle, WA. After that we were transferred to Phoenix, AZ. and we finally settled in Houston, Texas. After a few years of working in church nurseries, I ended up opening a large Child Care Center in Alvin, Texas (hometown of Nolan Ryan¿for all you baseball fans). I still own and operate the Center which has a 10,000 square feet building, 4 large shaded play grounds, an in-ground pool and a gymnasium. We are licensed for 210 children and I employ approximately 26 teachers. At that time in my life I had 2 boys; Billy, who is now 34 & Bryan, who is now 28. Our lives were going well but then a number of tragedies happened all within a short period of time. My oldest son was almost decapitated while driving a 4 wheel motorcycle (he ran into a barbed wire fence). Then my husband had a aneurysm that burst in his brain. My preschool teacher was killed in a boating accident and my assistant¿s son was killed in a car wreak. Within the next couple o...Expand for more