Patricia Cox:  

10/2009 I HAVE MOVED TO THE COUNTRY ON A 30 ACRE FARM (CANTON) AND I AM LOVING IT!! I LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE TX ON AND OFF SINCE 1970. MY LATE HUSBAND WAS A TEXAN AND HE SPENT 22 YEARS IN THE NAVY. I RETIRED AFTER 31 YEARS AS A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE FOR THE NAVY. HE SAW THE WORLD, I SAW TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA (AND THE STATES IN BETWEEN AS WE TRAVELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY). WE WERE BLESSED WITH TWO GIRLS AND NOW I HAVE FOUR GRANDCHILDREN. TWIN BOYS - JHERITH AND SPENCER, A PRECIOUS GIRL - GEORGIA (you can tell she is my only granddaughter) AND HER LITTLE BROTHER - COLE. THE BOYS ARE ALL BOYS! (I HAVE FOUND SNAKES SLITHERING DOWN MY HALLWAY AND FROGS IN MY BATHTUB!) GEORGIA IS A NICE BLEND OF TOMBOY AND PRINCESS! (SHE CAN KEEP UP WITH THE BOYS). THEY TAKE THE SKIMMER BASKETS AROUND THE POOL OUT JUST TO SEE IF MORE SNAKES OR FROGS ARE IN THEM. OF COURSE, THE SNAKES ARE GARDEN SNAKES, BUT I STILL DON'T LIKE THEM IN MY HOUSE. I STAYED BUSY WHILE GEORGE WAS DEPLOYED, I WAS ENVOLVED WITH THE BASE CHAPEL, GIRL SCOUTS, SOCCCER, BAND AND BEING A NAVY OMBUSDSMAN WHILE THE GIRLS WERE YOUNG. WHEN THEY ENTERED JR. HIGH AND HIGH I ADDED SEVERAL BOOSTER CLUBS AND OF COURSE THE USUALL "MOM'S" TAXI SERVICE TO CHOIR, PIANO, BAND, DRILL TEAM ETC. ETC. I WASN'T MUCH OF A FOOTBALL FAN DURING MY HIGH SCHOOL DAYS. HOWEVER, I NEVER MISSED A FRIDAY NIGHT HIGHS...Expand for more