Robyn Burnside:  

I've had many adventures since high school. I met my husband in November of 1971. He went to Viet Nam. Our daughter was born the following September. We re-met in 1992 and have been married since 1994. Our oldest granddaughter was 2 weeks old cried constantly during our wedding ceremony . Between the two of us we have 6 living children, 19 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Two of our sons married older women with children. They are spread out between Washington, Indiana and Iowa. My Mom still lived in the same house in Buena Park until she died in 2018. My Dad died two years after he retired. My sister, Ruth, moved to Nevada with her husband, and my two brothers still live in California. I went back to school in 2000 to become a teacher, however, there was no money in teaching, in Iowa, at that time. My husband and I drove a semi-truck all over the US. We have been to every state, except Hawaii, and in all but 4 provinces in Canada. We built our house in Iowa, in a little town just south of where John Wayne was born. We lived there for four years. About the second year, the oldest son, his wife and three children moved in. We were gone most of the time and when we did come home it is such a joy to have children, especially little ones, running around. Here's an update. We sold our house in Iowa. Made a whole $38 on that deal. That was a few years ago. We saved and bought a little house in the state of Washington. We had to totally gut it and are in the process of making it look like a house again. The neighborhood is quiet. Everybody watches the house when we are gone. It has a lot of bad history because it was used as a drug house. The neighbors are glad we bought it so things can settle down. It has a huge backyard so we will have a super garden. My hubby had a heart attack last Christmas and then pneumonia in March. He now requires oxygen 24/7. I quit driving in October due to a bad hip. I’ve always been heavy but have to loose weight before I can get hip and knees replaced. The last 20 lbs has been a nightmare. In February of this year our oldest and his f...Expand for more