Eileen Szymanski:  

Life I am a Letter Carrier with the USPS since 1988. I really really love my job and I get all the exercise and fresh air and get to earn money too! I have not kept in touch with anyone from High School. I went into the Navy after High School and spent four years of my life out of New Jersey. Three and a half of those years was spent serving my country and myself in beautiful Hawaii. After those great life building experiences I came home in August of 1979 with great memories. Hawaii is where I met my future husband Mark. We married in 1981 and I moved to Northeastern PA. I didn't realize that winters could be so... cold and snow filled. I often made visits home to New Jersey to visit my parents and my oldest brother Jay and his family. My other older brother Brian lives in California and owns his own Electrical Company. My little brother Mikey is in Idaho and is a safe, courteous, hard working truck driver. My mom passed away in 1993 and my dad died in 2002. The homestead in La Gorce Square was sold and life as I knew it in New Jersey is no more. It is tough to drive past the house knowing that all those memories of FAMOUS La Gorce Square will have to live on only in my memories. I did go to the 1995 Class Reunion and some of the past came back... My life is good and I am happy. I truly love my job. I have two children, Stef and Brian who have grown up to be really decent adults. My daughter and son both graduated college and both have jobs that make decent money. I had hoped the military would have been a choice for at least one of them but that didn't happen. I believe the four years I spent in the Military was the best thing I ever did. What an experience and the things I learned.... Life was and is Good! I am proud to have been from Burlington, New Jersey and I will always be a Jersey Girl. High School as I remember it was all right. I didn't get into trouble, I didn't hang with criminals (only potential ones) I was in the middle crowd. I was not an honor student and I don't think I tried to be much to my parents dismay I am sure. I think I tried to avoid my dad when report card day came. Remember those days? You dropped the report card on the table and lugged those twenty text books up to your room and opened a few of them so when your dad came up the stairs and beckoned you for your chit chat he saw you might have been studying. My dad was no fool and my arms were stretched and aching for nothing. I had no idea what I wanted to be when I grew up, though I am sure I never wanted to be a doctor, lawyer or such. My neighbor Mr. Maurice Reeves (Kevin's dad) lived next door and he was a mailman, maybe that was a sign I might be a mailman.... who knows. I have lots of things to do to relax and enjoy the time with my husband. We chase trains. Not to rob them or blow them up but to take pictures and (my fun) to wave to the engineers. Lots of pictures and even a chance to hang in the engine (running but not moving) with the hard working men of Norfolk Southern (Jerry and Val). Of course we are not always alone on our travels. Our faithful dog Buttons often comes along for the ride and she, like me, just kicks back until we hear the scanner kick on or the whistle blow or the exciting train crossing sign go down and then... One might only describe these simple pleasures as exhilarating. I make my own jewelry, love New Age things (reflexology, healing with crystals). I just attained Reiki Level Two Practitioner and want to heal the world, one person at a time. I try ...Expand for more