Debra West:  

After we graduated I moved to Auburn, WA to attend college. Spent two years studying Forestry there. Then after working for the USFS for a year I moved down to Gresham, OR for a couple more years of college. Met my eternal partner one evening after breaking up with an old high school sweetheart . We've been blissfully married for 38 years. We have two children, a gorgeous daughter who is 36 and divorced. And a wonderful son who is 35 a body builder, single and looking. Our daughter gave us two beautiful grandchildren Maty and Isaac. My hubby and I were avid motorcyclists. That is until my husband's heart attack. Unfortunately motorcycles and heart medicine don't go hand in hand. But we totally enjoyed riding prior to that. We traveled all over the USA on our bikes. His and hers don't ya know! From Florida to Washington DC we rode together until my husband wasn't healthy enough to keep the bikes. Our lives changed but that's OK too. We grow as we change. I have been told that I've picked up quite a southern Accent along the way. I guess living in southern Indiana aka Kentuckiana will do that to you. My friends tell me that they love my accent and it compliments my personality. After my husband's heart attack in 2005 he retired. I kept the business open for another 3 years and I retired in 2008. After much prayer and supplication to the Lord we have been lead to leave beautiful southern Indiana and move to a lit...Expand for more