Diane Hedges:  

Hey to all you Cougars out there !! Wow- it's been 40 years as I write this . So here's my story - I married my HS sweetheart (1974), Nick Sakezles, class of 1970. Some of you may remember him. We had one child, a son..That marriage ended in 1984. I was living in Sarasota, FL at the time & moved back home to the old neighborhood. I had graduated nursing school- YES, I SAID NURSING !!! & starting work at Baptist Hospital. I actually ran into quite a few of you there & even took care of some of your families. I met my current husband there- he was a carpenter at the time , doing construction at the hospital.. I had my son, he had 2 younger than mine ( so we had 7,5 & 2 ) We had agreed on one with the STRICT stipulation that if it wasn't a girl , that was it. You're right a we have FOUR BOYS !!! Our men are grown 32, (Owns his own specialty T- Shirt company) , 30, a 1st SGT in the Army for 13 years, 27 y/o owns his own business making " stuff out of sheet metal" & is a graduate of NASCAR tech school, & the baby ,23, is a college grad with a degree in Criminal Justice- works for Lowe's , trying to get into Loss Prevention. Two beautiful granddaughters - finally got my girls - age 4 yrs & 9 mos. My husband is a Construction Superintendent hoping to retire next year. I retired in 2009 . 35 years in Nursing wore my body out- I had the opportunity to hang up my stethoscope & I took it !! Today, I walk with my dog ( an Australian Shepherd) and sometimes my Grand dog (my son's dog)- a beautiful Border Collie. I like to sew & ESP quilt ! We moved to NC- a nice town- about 30 miles north of Charlotte in 2000. We built our dream house on a 3 1/2 pi...Expand for more