Maryan Milam:  

Life since Narbonne High School, well it has been a ride I must say. I have had the opportunity to travel and boy am I good at packing! Various experiences have allowed me the chance to do many diverse things and for that, I am most grateful. I was married for a short while and had two great children who I am crazy proud of and enjoy poking at just enough to keep them on their toes! I remember in the speech I gave at graduation I started with a quote, “My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night, but ah my foes, and oh my friends, it gives a lovely light.” Edna St. Vincent Millay, a gifted poet and one of my favorites. When I was eighteen that quote caught my attention, and she was right, it does give a lovely light. She also said, “Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost, but climb.” You have to love that kind of attitude, I’m blessed to have done some of that as well. Looking back on myself at 18 I am shocked that my naivety didn’t do me in, but there is little I would change. When I turned 50 I took a good hard look at my life and decided I wasn’t going to get old full of regrets so I went back faced my nemesis...Expand for more