Paula Alwin:  

Okay, this is the 3rd time that I've written my profile ..... lost the first two (long) profiles when almost finished so this will be short. My 2nd husband, Larry and I moved back to the KC Metro area last July, 2014 and spent some time in a corporate apartment before our Villa in far west Olathe was completed in October, 2014. We have adjusted well although we have had some challenges with health issues but things seem to be on the mend. Larry's situation was serious, with a rare, fast growing Salivary Gland malignant tumor; but he had a wonderful ENT doctor at KU Med who has and is taking wonderful care of him. We are so thankful! I have lived in Texas for many, many years and trips back to Independence were every few years and very fast in and out visits around Christmas time. I was a big time workaholic so I couldn't be gone for long! Ha! Sadly, it's true. I have not kept in touch with classmates or even friends and church friends that I buddied around with for years and I have not attended any class reunions. Larry and I worked for the same oil company, in the KC Metro area, and at different times (Larry first) we transferred to Houston, TX. Larry retired in 1985 by taking a "Golden Parachute" and immediately applied for the Texas State Auditor position which was open and he was selected and commissioned to that position by Governor Mark White in 1985. Larry stayed in that position for another 20 years and retired in 2005. I stayed in Houston for awhile after Larry moved to Austin (State Capitol) and when we married in 1988, I moved to the Austin area where we remained, until 2006 when we moved to a small town west of Waco, named Gatesville. We became involved in Prison Ministry in 1996 and had been commuting back and forth for 10 years, to and ...Expand for more