Jan McCurdy Horwood:
CLASS OF 1983
Harry Ainlay Composite High SchoolClass of 1983
Edmonton, AB
University of AlbertaClass of 1992
Edmonton, AB
Booth Memorial High SchoolClass of 1985
St. john's, NF
Vernon Barford SchoolClass of 1980
Edmonton, AB
Landsdowne Elementary SchoolClass of 1977
Edmonton, AB
Jan's Story
Jan is from Edmonton, Alberta. She is married with Sharon Harrington. Her schools include Harry Ainlay Composite High School, Booth Memorial High School, Vernon Barford School, Landsdowne Elementary School. She later attended Augustana University College (Bachelor of Musical Arts), University of Alberta (the voice, Psychology, Piano). She works(ed) at Ecole Beaumont Composite High School.
Jan's interests include Spending time with my Special Someone, Loyal, Listening and Teaching, Canucks fans against the 2011 Vancouver Riots. Music she likes includes Kady and Jesse, Niska, Jessica Frech. Books she likes include LÖL Happens, Maeve Binchy, Same. Movies she likes include Amadeus, Marley & Me, Catch Me If You Can. TV shows she likes include House of Cards, Crime, Nonfiction.
One of Jan's favorite quotes is:""The integrity of love takes precedence over the purity of dogma" William Sloane Coffin
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view." Edward Abbey
"It now seems as if she no longer had the strength or will to transmute life into art."
-- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
"If one learns to behold beauty in the small and seemingly simple things in life...like the pearlized glimmering of the inside of a seashell freshly washed over by a gentle wave, or the symmetry in a fresh-scented pine cone, or the perfection of a single dancing snowflake, or the immaculate blossom of a flower bursting forth in the spring, or the delicate, exquisite beauty of a butterfly wing...then the beauty inherent in the world at large begins to shine forth . ." Unknown
"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner..."
- James Bovard
"Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you'd left open"....Unknown
"Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone."...Anon
" Love is blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener."...Unknown
It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.
George Carlin".
More about Jan:"Time to re-write - amazing how quickly time flies and these things are out of date.
Sharon and I are both s...Expand for more
tarting up the school year in different ways. She is starting her second year at Camosun in a Community, Family and Child Studies program. After that she has the option to directly transfer into UVic's Child and Youth Care degree.
I am starting my studio as usual, but am still needing more students. Last year I LOVED teaching my group classes, and will start one again this Thursday.
The kids are doing well: Jesse just got back from touring Canada with his band! They had a great time. He's looking to set up his own guitar teaching studio as well as continuing at his bread-and-butter job with a moving company.
Claire is going to Australia for a year! She just got back from a European tour, where she had such a good time that she was bitten hard by the travel bug.
Shawn is starting grade 12! Wow, he'll be graduating in no time. Shawn is living with his Dad for awhile and that is going very well, it seems.
Ange is living in Victoria for a year, working at Telus and getting her life under control after finishing school. She plans to move back to Vancouver in February.
Meaghen has just started university! She moved to Edmonton and is taking a degree in English Lit and Art. So far she's enjoying her classes.
Measha is our last chick in the nest. She is working full time and has a very active social life. She turned 19 in May (drinking age here in BC) and is gradually picking up the reins of adult responsibility in her life.
Sharon and I are also very busy being landladies. We have three in-house tenants and two (soon to be one) in the suite. Right now we are very lucky with an excellent group of people.
My Mum is doing well in Luther Court. She can't really talk or understand anything, but she is happy, which is the best we can hope for.
So life is good, though we are still fighting depression since our Dads died so close together. Sharon's mom is also, and we visit with her in Nanaimo as much as we can. I'm hoping some of that will abate with the coming of fall, my favorite season. The crisp air and crunch underfoot, combined with the brilliant and changing colours around me, tend to put a spring back in my step. That would be wonderful!".
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