Tiffinie Helmer:
CLASS OF 1985
Lathrop High SchoolClass of 1985
Fairbanks, AK
Tiffinie's Story
Life
I did what I said I wouldn't and got married at nineteen. I meet Mike Helmer (graduated from West valley in 1985) at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks and that was it. My fate was sealed. We've been married almost 18 years now. We have four kids, (still can't believe I have that many kids) a pair of each. We are currently living in Springville, Utah.
School
Went to Lathrop High School from 1981-1985. I really enjoyed my high school years. In a lot of ways I still feel like I'm 18. It's hard for me to believe that I'm 38 and a wife and parent. How did that happen?
College
College didn't pan out for me. Since I got married, I put off school to put my husband through. We moved from Alaska to Utah in 1986 so that Mike could attend a college with a better computer program. He graduated with a bachelor degree in Computer Science. I had always planned on going back to school but with four kids there wasn't time or money. Now they are all in school themselves and I could go back, but why? I'm a graduate of life. I can't see myself trying to figure out algebra again. I do take classes that interest me on a regular bases, but ...Expand for more
nothing that is working toward a degree.
Workplace
I'm a struggling writer. I've always written. As a teen, to escape my dysfunctional childhood, I was either penning my own stories or reading someone elses. When the youngest of my children went to kindergarten, which was like my release from prison (sounds dramatic but from the point of view of a stay-at-home mom, public school is like getting a pardon from the governor). I finally had some interrupted time to myself (a priceless commodity). Since then, I've published many editorials and have finished two novels and Im knee deep in my current work in progress. Both finished books are being considered by Ballantine Books. This is the best and worst job in the world. I love and hate it. There are times when the muse is with me and it is like flying without a net and then there are times when she's hiding in the basement and no amount of bribery will get her to come out and play. It's a struggle but I know I wouldn't be happy doing anything else. Too many voices in my head that are crawling over themselves to be heard. This is one way to silence them and a lot cheaper than therapy.
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