Rene Thompson:  

Life Well, it hasn't been boring. I'm been lucky to share my life with my husband, Steven, my love, my best friend and partner in crime. He shares my love of learning, family and a good sense of humor. We've been married 16 years, together 19 years and we have a lease for 90 with a renewal clause. ;) Together we have David, our only surviving child (we lost two girls, Sarah and Ruth due to miscarriage.) and he is a character - 10 going on 45. He's funny, joyous and a born activist. David is not only gifted intellectually, he's a gifted soul with his own sense of his place in the world. As my mother puts it, he's what happens when two bookworms mate. LOL I've learned that we are given tragedies to use as ladders. We are meant to search within ourselves during crisis and discover how we can make this world better. For me at least, I have found that by doing this I give my grief, and ultimately my life, meaning. An added bonus to this, as if one was needed, is that I have been blessed to meet some amazing people and participate in some wonderful organizations. Through the years I have had the challenge of being a nongovernmental representative to the UN in a conference on gun violence and the priviledge of learning self reliance after becoming disabled due to a horseback riding accident. (After several years of hard work I triumphed by being able to walk again unaided...most of the time.) I now employed with the Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services doing vocational testing on children with disabilities discover their job potentials. It's social services and education, so it's great for me. When I'm not working or with the boys I do family research. I particularly enjoy my Melungeon, Scottish and Palatine roots though one of my favorite an...Expand for more