Deanna Pyper:  

When I look back at my years in High School, I hope that I am remembered with a smile on their face. I was not one who stood out of the crowd, but I did find my own little place in the crowd. I always thought I would "grow" up (for those who remember me, you will remember that I was very short and tiny--still am, literally the "grow up" was a relative term only) and become some kind of author. My aspirations were never realized, but in my heart, I still have not put it away. It could happen! *wink wink* never say "die". I have been married for 24 years and it continues to be the happy marriage I always wanted. We live with the house, the 2.2 children and instead of the dog, we have the resident family 'cat'. One might say we are the average family with a little flair! I find that today to blow off steam, I will go out to grab a quick run outdoors, or if my weather is bad, I will channel surf...I have no idea why anyone would think this is good, but there you have it, that is my nervous energy in spurts. As far as relaxing, I love to sit down to the computer and just play, answer my email, or pop in a great movie to watch, or any of my tivo'd back log of shows. I'm an easy gal to entertain. My passions in life entail things as large as my family, and small as the mundane things in everyday life. I have found my space in this huge world being happy to be 'wife-mother-friend and co-worker'. Well...perhaps I am fudging a little on the co-worker part.... My life did not fall into the perfect storybook chapters that I always thought it might, but I have embraced all the chapters ...Expand for more