Shirley Watts - Gordon:  

I have often wondered where to begin. I have wondered...who would even care what happened to me (Shirley Watts/Gordon) after high school. I didn't make friends easily while at school. Nor did I keep many after leaving. But classmates keeps sending these emails asking me to "fininsh my story"....so here it goes. For me, It seemed that life began it's own journey after I left high school. As many of you know. I married my high school sweetheart prior to our senior year. Because I could. We had three beautiful boys. I began college when my youngest was less than 4 years old. Which I am sure didn't help a stressed marriage to survive it's toll it takes on anyone. We parted ways when I began my career in Law Enforcement. I soon married a fellow officer, and was blessed with two more beautiful and awesome children.... a daughter and a son. It was at this point that I decided that it was time to leave the criminal justice community and focus my training in other areas. I was hired by Highline School district as a Security Officer, where I brought my training and experience and along with a fellow officer helped to develop the security programs you see today operating in your local schools. But then, King County got wind of the grants available to schools and soon the School Resource Officer program was born. I stayed 8 years there before moving on to take on the responsibility of the fulltime caregiver of my High Functioning Autistic son. Who I am proud to say is an "Einstein" and is finishing up his first year in college. I am remarried and have been for many years now...to a wonderful man. We reside in Sammamish WA. We have no children in common. But his addition brought our...Expand for more