Linda Hopkins:  

While attending high school I took business courses to prepare for entering the workforce after graduation. Thanks to the teachers at Atholton I was well prepared for what would become my career choice. I graduated in 1971 and in December of that same year married the man I had dated for two and a half years prior to graduation. 1972 would be a very important year in my life - February landed a job in the insurance field with M. W. Griffith in Laurel, and during the summer of that same year I trusted in Jesus Christ as my Savior. Life was very sweet for many years as I juggled married life and a career; grew in my faith as a believer; and studied hard to become an insurance professional...a field I've worked in for 40+ years. In 1975 I gave birth to my first son. Raising him was such a breeze that when I got pregnant again in 1979 I thought I had this child rearing thing all figured out...NOT!!! It didn't take long to figure out that all people, including those you give birth to, are born with their own little personalities and will eventually have free will to make their own choices. Children may be raised exactly the same, but they are individuals from the moment they come out of the womb which is what makes life interesting and challenging at the same time. My oldest son and his family liv...Expand for more