Vicki Sukup:  

My high school years at BHS is one of my happy thoughts. It was a time of excitement and promise. If one was to have asked me, in the gym lobby, what I thought I would be doing when I turned 50... I would have responded; *I will be living in a city. *Great high profile job in the fashion world. * No Children * Traveling all the time. * Maybe married As it is in reality, only two would have been correct. I attended college at ISU and received my BS in Home Economics Education. Now FCS, Family and Consumer Science. I had studied Textiles for 3 years and decided to get education with the degree. Good thing I did- I met Steve, the love of my life, my last quarter of college and we married, 1 1/2 years later. He brought me to rural Iowa in a family manufacturing business. Living on a farm, no city. I taught for a couple of years and then raising 3 children seemed to race the years by me. Killing another one of my predictions of a teenager. I had always thought that I would further my education, then when I was close to turning 40, I thought it was now or never. I returned to school and received my Master's in Counseling. I continued as a school counselor, and loved most every minute. Loved the kids but the adults usually got in the way of success for students. Through my experience in counseling, I have found that it is better to listen more and talk less. Listen to understand and talk to be understood. I try daily to resemble that statement. Our family business has been a great gift in pulling together and striving for a common goal. Even though members might have a different way of doing business, the end result is the same. I believe this is one of my most valued lessons learned and growth from high school. Raising 3 children on a farm was terrific. We planted and built anything at our whim. As the children moved to their adulthood, we have moved off the farm an...Expand for more