Norma Draper:  

Wow! Where do I begin?? As most of you know, Jimmy Blair and I married before we got out of school, and we had a beautiful daughter, Shari Lyn. We divorced in 1973 and I remarried. That marriage was not to be and we officially divorced in 1983. (I know....what's with the 3's???) Then in 1984 I married my present husband, Stephen Draper. I had been very active in the San Jacinto Corvette Club since 1976, and all the members used to tease me about my 60's model, 70's model and 80's model!! (husbands, not Corvettes!) They kept expecting me to get a 90's model, which I never did. You might say Stephen broke the marriage merry-go-round for me. We did not have any children together, but he had a daughter and son from previous marriages. They quickly became my children, too. Now we have two grandsons and two granddaughters. Our youngest turned 30 this year! He and his wife live in Magnolia, Texas and have no children yet. Shari lives in Clute with her husband and 21 yr. old son Michael. Michael is confined to a wheelchair with Muscular Dystrophy. That keeps her really busy! Our other daughter lives in Cypress, Texas with her husband and three children, Ashlee, Tanner and Kendale. Kendale is our youngest grandchild at 2 years old! Stephen and I live on our ranch in Columbus, Texas. We raise a few cattle out here and some in town by the Colorado River. We found out a long time ago that you can't make a decent living off cattle! Fortunately, his mother left him a lot of good commercial land in Columbus and he has been developing it and has done very well for the community. We love to go on cruises and I guess you could say we are "cruise-a-holics"!! We used to travel a lot more places until he had a stroke two years ago and we haven't been able to fly as much. The cruises out of Galveston work perfectly for us. Those of you who haven't seen me in years will probably look at my picture and think I substituted someone else's! But I am one of the blessed people that actually got better with age. I tell everyone now that I am the "ugly duckling" of my class. It's amazing what a little makeup will do!!! Anyway, this is me now and I am enjoying life to the fullest! 2012 Update Years pass and lives change. In 2004 our son got a divorce and is still single. In 2010, our oldest grandson, Michael...Expand for more