Sharon Davis:  

Life Hi to any of my old classmates. Our 40th reunion is coming up in 2003. Where has the time gone! I am happy, married, and have 2 sons and 5 grandchildren. I work full time for a courier company here in Florida as an Office Manager/Accountant. I am working on my Business Degree at night school and if I do not goof off will finish in January 2003. I have lived here for 21 years and would love to move back to Illinois to the country. I lived on a 600 ac. farm in Illinois for the first 18 years of my married life. We raised corn, soybeans, cattle, hogs and horses. That was the best time of my life. I had a garden, canned, drove tractors etc. I entered my canned goods in the fair and came away with a lot of blue, red, and white ribbons. I won Best of show 6 years in a row. I also had a small cake business making wedding, anniversary, and birthday cakes by special order. In my spare time, ha, ha, I wrote a weekly newspaper column for the local paper and went to Washington, D.C. 3 times to lobby for the Farm Bureau. I have always been so glad I was able to raise my 2 sons in the country and be a stay at home mom for them. I will more than likely work another 7-10 years, the Lord willing, than retire and do some things I love. I love to write poetry which I started doing about 10 years ago on a whim. I have had 2 poems published. I also started to do research on my family tree about 2 years ago and became way to absorbed with it. I had to back off for awhile and just recently started again. I have traced my paternal side back to 1736 and my maternal side to 1748. I also love to collect paperweights, and have 186 at last count from all over the U.S.A, and England and Scotland. I have had a good life, with some ups and downs, along with losses of loved ones along the way, the latest was my Dad a year ago. I would love to hear from any of my old classmates and hear what you have been up to. 40 years is a long time to catch up on! Sharon Update-- As of September 2004, my husband and I have sold our home in Florida and have moved to Sheffield, Illinois near my 2 sons and their families. We are retired for now, but who knows what life has in store in the future. I am so enjoying retirement and being able to do so many things that I have put on the back burner for so long. I did get my business Degree, that was a lot of hard work. I became a great-grandmother in April 2004, talk about feeling old. I am still writing...Expand for more