Brenda Nichols/Hamand:  

CLASS OF 1991
Martinsville, IL
Martinsville, IL
Casey, IL
Casey, IL

Brenda's Story

School IN SCHOOL I WAS THE QUIET LITTLE ONE WHO NEVER GOT IN TROUBLE EXEPT I HAD MY FIRST DETITION THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR US! CAUSE I TOLD PRICIPAL YANDELL TO SHUT UP HE WAS SAYING TALKING TO ME ABOUT HOW COY WAS NOT GOOD FOR ME WELL DID I LISEN NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I MARRIED HIM! THEN I COUL DNOT GET REID OF HIM COULD NEVER FIND HIM TO SERVIE HIM WITH MY DIRVOCE PAPERS! OR SO THEY SAY!CASET IS NOT THAT BIG! LETS SEE BIGGEST CRUSH WAS NO ONE IN OUR SCHOOL WAS MY 1ST LOVE AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE 1 WHO HAD MY HEART FOR AVERY LONG TIME JAMES L. DEAN JR! IF I COULD DO IT OVER AGAIN I WOLD HAVE NOT LEFT JIMMY AKA DUM-DUM CALLED HIM AT THE TIME TO GO TO COY WAS REASONS WHY I DID WHAT I DID AND HATE MYSELF FOR IT AND WILL! MISS HAVING TO COOK BROWNIES WITH SANDRA STICE FOR HER GOONIES! WAS ALOT OF THEM EVERY DAY!!!!! I THINK I WOULD HAVE DONE ALOT OF THINGS DIFFERNT NOW I DID LEARN THAT I COLD NOT BE QUIET AND NOW WITH MY HUSBAND IN THE MILITARY I KNOW THERE IS SO MUCH MORE AND SO MANY RULES TO BE FOLLOWED AND THINGS! IF I OR MY CHILDREN DO SOMETHING THAT IS WRONG THEN IT COMES BACK ON MY HUSBAND! YOU WOLD NOT BELEVE THE STUFF! TOLD WHEN AND WHERE THINGS CAN BE DONE AND HOW THEY ARE TO BE DONE!UNREAL! SCHOOL WAS A BLAST I WISH I WOL DHAVE GOTTEN CLOSER TO PEOPLE BUT I WAS VERY UNSURE OF MYSELF AND WHAT I WANTED IN LIFE NOW I KNOW THAT I AM NOT THAT SAME PERSON YOU ALL REMEBER OR BARLEY REMEBER! CAUSE SO QUIET AND POLITE NOW IF I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY I WILL SAY IT CAUSE THAT IS JUST HOW MUCH I HAVE CHANGE AND I WILL NOT LET NO MAN WALK ALL OVER ME AGAIN! TIME GOES BY SO FAST AND LOOK IT HAS BEEN NOW IN MAY14 YEARS SINCE WE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY! College COLLEGE WAS REALLY HARED ON MY WITH HAVEING KIDS AND THINGS WAS WORRIED THAT THEY WHERE NOT BEING ATAKEN CARE OF WHICH I HAD MY JUDY ROE TAKE CARE OF THEM WHEN I MOVED UP HERE NAD HAD MY DAUGHTER NO SHE WAS NOT RELATED TO COY ROE! THANK GOODNESS SHE WAS SHE PASSED AWAY 1999 AT 46 YEARSOLD WRONGFUL DEATH CAUSE OF THE HOSPITAL HERE! BUT SHE WAS MY HUSBAND AUNT! SHE WATCHE THE KIDS WHILE I TOOK A FEW CLASSES HERE AND THERE AND THEN CHANGE MY MIND ON WHAT I WANTED TO DO NOW I HAVE DONE THAT AGAIN GOING TO GET A LPN AND BE ABLE TO DRAW BLOOD! BE DIFFRENTCE BETWEEN MANGEMENBT AND THAT! DEPENDS ON THE MILITARY IF TEY WILL APPROVE ME TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL OR HELP AT LEAST~! Workplace WELL I STARTED WORKING AT THE HEN HOUSE WHICH FOR THE ONES WHO DO NOT KNOW THAT WAS THE RESTURANT THAT MY DAD HAD BEEN DISTRICT MANGER OF WHEN I WAS BORN! I HATE IT WHEN I LEFT BUT THEY CLOSE NOT TO LONG AFTER I LEFT I HEARD THAT THE BUILDING IS JUST SITTING THERE! UNREAL GOOD LOCATION FOR A BAR AND GRILL! OR SOMETHING FOR KIDS! THEN I LEFT THE AREA HAD A...Expand for more
NEW JOB 1ST DAY I S WAS HERE IN PONTIAC AND I STAYED TELL I FELL AND GOT HURT KNEE WENT OUT AFTER ALL THAT SURGERY! STILL GIVES ME ALL KIND OF TROUBLE STILL GET A SMALL THING FROM THEM SINCE HARDEES WNET OUT OF BUSINESS HERRE I THEN WENT OT WORK FOR HTE FMAILY BUSINESS BUT I FOUN DIT HARD TO TELL MY HUSBAND AND THIS DAD THE OWNER WHEN I THOUGHT THEY HAD ENOUGH TOT DRINK I ASKED 1 DAY IF I COULD REFUSE SERVCE TO ANY ONE AND HE SAID YES GET THIS IN YOUR HEAD IT WAS 130 ON SUNDAY AND HE HAD ALREADY HAD2BLOODYBEER,AND 5 BEERS AND HE HAD A COLD AND WAS HAVING HEART PROBLEMS AT THE TIME AND I HOPPED UP ON THE COOLER AND SAID THINK YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH AND HE SAID O.K. KID I AM OUT OF HERE AND WENT UPTOWN TO DRINK! YOU HAVE TO NKOW MY FATHER IN LAW HE IS A WORK OF ART! GOD LOVE HIM! HE HAS 8 KIDS! THEN WENT OT WORK FOR TAXI SERVICE HERE IN PONTIAC DID THAT FOR AWHILE STILL DO IT ON TIME OFF! AM NOW WORKING AT FOX FOR DISABLED ADULTS HELPING THEM AND THINGS LOOKING FOR A CHANGE!THINK IT WILL BE A NURSE LPN ALREADY HAVE A CNA! Military AS BEING A MILITARY WIFE FOR NOW 11 YEARS WELL WILL BE MARREID 10 BUT I HAVE BEEN WITH HIM FOR HIS WHOLE MILITARY CAREE I FEEL LIKE THERE IS ALOT TO SHARE THE MILITARY IS A GREAT THINGS AND I WOULD RECOMEND IT HIGHLY! BUT IF YOU MARRY A MILITARY MAN OR A NATIONAL GUARD THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGSTHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED OUT OF YOU! TRUST ME I HAVE FOUND OUT TOMS OF THINGS AND HOW TO HANDLE ALL OF THIS STRESS AND THINGS! PEOPLE THINK IT IS A PIECE OF CAKE WELL IT IS NOT TO HAVE YOUR SPOUSE TAKEN AWAY FOR A YEAR OR MORE THEM TO HAVE THEM COME HOME FOR 6 MONTHS AND BE DEPOYED YET AGAIN THAT IS WHAT HAPPEN TO ME MY HUBAND SERVIED OVER SEAS ALREADY AND THEN WAS CALLED BACK ON FATHERDAY HE DID NOT EVEN GET TO SEE HIS CHILDREN WE KNOW IT IS SO HARD ON THEM THAT THE MILITARY HAS TAOGHT US TO HAVE HIM TO SAY GOODBYE AND FOR HM TO BE GONE BY THE TIME THEY GET UP IN THE MORNING AND TO CALL THEM WHEN HE THINKS THEY ARE UP! TAVELING TO THE MILITARY BASES AND THINGS ARE FUN THINGS THERE ARE SO MANY RULES AND LORD FORBID YOU FORGET YOUR MILITARY ID CARD WHICH I DID ON OUR LAST TRIP TO FT.POLK LA IN DEC. I HAD THE KIDS ID CARD BUT SOMEHOW MINE GOT LEFT OUT OR I LOST IT MADE FOR ALOT OF PAPER WORK AT THE FRONT GATE AND THE GUY KNEW ME FROM OUR VISITS DOWN THERE THEY JUST HAVE SO AMNY RULES THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW IT IS NOT FUNNY! OR THE FACT THAT MY KIDS COULD NOT WAER SANDLES IN TO THE MILITARY BASE THEY HAD TO WEAR TENNISS SHOES HE IS LA IT IS NICE DOWN THERE!!!! I PREFURE IT TO FT BRIGGS!OR FT.MCCOY! I REALLY THINK THE MILITARY HAS TOUGHT NOT JUST MY HUSBAND BUT ME ALOT! AND I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT BUT DOES NOT MEAN I REALLY LIKE ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS I HAVE TO FOLLOW!OR HAVE TO MAKE MY CHILDREN FOLLOW
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