Judy MacLachlan:  

MY LIFE SINCE GRADUATION,(AT LEAST SOME OF IT)!! I AM MARRIED, MY HUSBAND'S NAME IS ALEX. WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 33rd WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN TOGETHER. I HAVE 3 DAUGHTERS & 7 GRANDCHILDREN(3 GIRLS & 4 BOYS),FROM MY FIRST HUSBAND KENNY. I LIVE IN EASTCHESTER, NY, JUST MINUTES FROM NRHS. I ALSO HAVE A CONDO IN DELRAY BEACH,FL.,WHERE I SPEND MY WINTERS & HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH MANY FRIENDS DOWN THERE. SOME OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT I HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS,WHICH, (BY THE WAY), IT PRESENTED ITSELF WHEN I WAS WORKING ON THE 1ST & ONLY CLASS REUNION OUR CLASS HAS HAD,(WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF SMALL ONES & WITH OTHER CLASSES). I HAVE A SMALL DOG,(SHIH-TZU),NAMED CHEYENNE,SHE KEEPS ME COMPANY WHEN I AM ALONE IN N.Y. & BRINGS ME MUCH JOY. SHE IS 14 YEARS OLD NOW & HAS GONE DEAF & BLIND. SHE ISN'T QUITE HERSELF,WHICH MAKES ME SAD. BUT, SHE STILL LOOKS LIKE A "PUPPY",SINCE SHE IS SMALL & ALWAYS WELL GROOMED. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL I ATTENDED JR.COLLEGE IN CA. & LIVED WITH MY BROTHER & HIS FAMILY(5 KIDS). SHORTLY AFTER I GOT THERE,(2 WEEKS), MY MOM PASSED AWAY. I STAYED IN SCHOOL, SINCE IT WAS MY MOM'S WISH FOR ME TO ATTEND COLLEGE. I WAS IN A SORORITY & IT WAS "MY SISTERS" THAT HELPED ME THROUGH THE DIFFICULT TIMES. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS,MY DAD ASKED ME IF I WOULD COME HOME TO HELP TAKE CARE OF MY YOUNGER BROTHERS,(THEY WERE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME ADJUSTING),SO I WENT HOME BECAME AN INSTANT "MOTHER". IT WAS EQUALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME BEING THROWN INTO THE POSITION OF MOM,COOK,HOUSEKEEPER & SO ON. I ALSO HAD TO GET A JOB WHILE THE BOYS WERE IN SCHOOL & MY DAD WAS WORKING IN THE CITY. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF THIS ROUTINE,I WENT TO VISIT MY BOYFRIEND (OF MANY YEARS), AT HIS COLLEGE. WE ENDED UP GETTING MARRIED SHORTLY AFTER THAT & REMAINED LIVING WITH MY DAD. OH WELL!! SURPRISE !! I GOT PREGNANT & HAD MY 1ST DAUGHTER & STAYED LIVING AT MY DAD'S FOR QUITE SOMETIME. AFTER THAT WE MOVED INTO OUR OWN PLACE & A YEAR LATER I HAD MY 2nd DAUGHTER ON THE WAY.....I WOULD GO OVER TO MY DAD'S HOUSE AS OFTEN AS I COULD TO HELP OUT WITH EVERYTHING THERE...SUCH A BIG HOUSE !!! WAY TOO MUCH FOR MY DAD & 2 BROTHERS TO KEEP CLEAN. ALSO, MAKING DINNER AFTER WORKING ALL DAY WAS TOO MUCH FOR MY DAD,EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A GOOD COOK. FORTUNATELY MY BROTHERS WERE OLDER & MY DAD HAD TAKEN A JOB IN NEW ROCHELLE SO THAT HE COULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE BOYS IF NEEDED. I HAD A 3RD DAUGHTER A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER & MOVED AGAIN,TO EASTCHESTER NOT FAR FROM N.R.H.S. I WAS A HOME MOM,UNTIL THEY WERE IN SCHOOL FULL TIME. I WAS DIVORCED FROM MY FIRST HUSBAND & GOT A JOB LOCALLY & WAS HOME BEFORE THE GIRLS GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL. I MET ALEX AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS AS A SINGLE MOM. HE HAS BEEN A GREAT FATHER & GRANDFATHER TO MY GIRLS & GRANDKIDS. THEY ARE LIKE HIS OWN. HE WAS NEVER MARRIED BEFORE,SO,NEEDLESSTOSAY,IT WAS QUITE A CHALLENGE FOR HIM. HE HAS B...Expand for more