Emily Senn:  

CLASS OF 1971

Emily's Story

GOOD, I HOPE. I always wanted to be a CONCERT PIANIST when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a GREAT idea. As it turns out, they were PROBABLY RIGHT, BUT, I WAS NOT SMART ENOUGH;SOME LEARNING DISABILITIES, ie. WRITING BLOCKS, ETC.. A PICNIC, OR READING A GOOD BOOK, THE BIBLE; SECONDLY, A GOOD ADVENTURE STORY, OR ...GO TO MARTIN AT CINE. THE WILDEST THING I EVER DID IN SCHOOL WAS ...TAKING A SHOWER BY 'MYSELF' IN PE(GYM), I WAS MODEST---AND 'FAT' AND SELF CONSCIOUS. If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have PERSEVERENCE, MOTIVATION, and STICKTUIVENESS. to be able to deal with the day-to-day. MY HEROES ARE: JESUS CHRIST, AND PETER, KJV 1611 "HOLY BIBLE". I HAVE LIVED IN TIPTONVILLE, TN, (I HITCHHIKED TO COLLEGE AT DSCC FOR 5 YEARS, TO OBTAIN A TWO YEAR DEGREE(!!!)--AAS BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY, LAW ENFORCEMENT OPTION), MOVED FROM TIPTONVILLE, BECAUSE FAMILY SAID, THEY WEREN'T HIRING ME THERE(????), NO JOB. (BUT, I DID GRADE SPINACH FOR 2 WEEKS, FROM DEC 1 -DEC 10, '92.) (ALSO, I WORKED AT THE LAUNDRYETTE ON HWY. 78 N, TIPTONVILLE, DRYING STONE-WASHED JEANS, SKIRTS, AND JACKETS, ALL NIGHT LONG-13 COMMERCIAL DRYERS, I HAD TO KEEP RUNNING, RELIGHTING PILOT LIGHTS, ETC,.--ALL BY MYSELF, I WORKED WITH RANDY YARBOROUGH AND JERRY BOLTON,) SECONDLY, I LIVED IN TROY, WITH BROTHER, PHILLIP SENN AND HIS WIFE SHIRLEY 5 MONTHS. THEN WORKED AT KIRKLAND'S (CBK-LTD, UC.) (MARRIED JOHN BRADSHAW(A BIG MISTAKE-HE WAS ABUSIVE, BUT DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO "KNOW" THAT!!!-BUT, I DID FORGIVE HIM, BUT, I KNEW THAT....I COULD NOT LIVE WITH HIM.)....LEFT HUSBAND AFTER SIX MONTHS, WHY? WELL, HE QUIT HIS JOB RIGHT AFTER "I" ....WAS LAID OFF FROM MINE,(AT CBK-LTD)DUH(???),(YEAH. HOW 'DUMB' CAN ONE GET?)(WHO WAS TO PAY THE RENT THEN?-WELL?) THIRDLY, I LIVED AT MT. PELIA FOR 6 MONTHS WITH DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND AT THE TIME, SEPT 1, '95, I GOT A JOB UPTOWN MARTIN AT VAN AYER NURSING HOME("CENTER"....NOW.), LIVED UPTOWN BY THE PARK/POST OFFICE. NOV. 1, '95 GOT A JOB AT THE "CITY DRY CLEANERS" IRONING SHIRTS, PRESSING PANTS ON 'HOT HEADS', STEAMED SWEATERS, ETC. NEXT, HRs. NOT ENOUGH, SO WENT TO UTM FOR 1 YR. INTERIOR DESIGN(HES), ('96-'97)NO DEGREE. I QUIT BECAUSE I COULD NOT 'WRITE' AN ART CRITIQUE FOR ONE OF MY ART CLASSES(HENCE, WRITER'S "BLOCK" PROBLEM, AND NEEDED HELP AVOIDING COMMA SPLICES.), ALSO, HAD TROUBLE WITH MATH ALL THROUGH SCHOOL, BUT, I DID PULL OFF A "C" WITH TUTORING AT DSCC IN 1990 WHILE THERE. LIVED IN MARTIN, NEXT, FOR 12 YEARS. WORKED AT VAN AYER NURSING CENTER, CITY DRY CLEANERS, McDONALD'S (9 MONTHS)-LAST 5 MONTHS WITH 'BROKEN RIBS', THEY ....WOULD NOT HEAL. (ALSO, AT THAT TIME I FOUND OUT AT DR. THAT I HAD COPD, A LUNG PROBLE...Expand for more
M WITH MY BREATHING.) BUT, THE RIBS WOULD NOT 'STOP' HURTING, SEVERE MUSCLE SPASMS, DAY AND NIGHT, 24/7/365, SO I GOT ON DISABILITY. AND I'VE BEEN ON IT EVER SINCE OCT. 1999. FINALLY, LAST YEAR THOUGH, A GREAT DEVELOPMENT, GOD HEALED!!!! MY SEVERE RIB PAIN. HOORAH!!! FOR A GREAT, GOOD, MAGNIFICENT, SPLENDID GOD, "THE LIVING GOD", "YAHWEH"!!! A 'REAL' "MIRACLE"-- WORKER. (JESUS SAID, "MY FATHER WORKS, AND I WORK." AN UNDERSTATEMENT, IN MY ESTIMATION, INDEED!!! WELL, SO, FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO JOG, ETC, TO GET MY STRENGTH BACK. AND, LASTLY, ON JAN O8, '08, I MOVED TO UNION CITY. I LIVE AT 731 S SUNSWEPT DRIVE, A-3, UNION CITY, TN 38261. (I HAVE NO PHONE AS OF YET....AND FOR A REASON RIGHT NOW TOO, I, MISTAKENLY 'REPLIED' TO ....A FRAUDULENT E-MAIL; AND TOO, THE GUY, WHOEVER HE WAS USED AN 'ALIAS' SO THE FBI ....CAN'T TRACK HIM DOWN, BUT, GET THIS, HOW DUMB THESE 'CRIMINALS' ARE!!!, HE TOLD ME THAT, "MY BOSS WORKS IN IRAQ." SO, YES, I E-MAILED THAT SOLICITATIION TO ....THE FBI, MEMPHIS. NO, THEY WON'T GET ONE ONE THIS OL' GAL. (ALL TERRORISTS WILL PROBABLY GO TO H_ _ _.-GOD WILL 'GET' THEM!!!---)BUT, I HAD A 'SLIM' 'CHANCE' OF 'TRYING' TO CATCH AT LEAST ....ONE; SO, OK, I 'TRIED'. SOMETIMES THAT'S ALL ONE 'CAN' DO.) (I DID WANT TO BE A COP BACK WHEN I WAS GOING TO DSCC(1987 TO 1992), I WANTED TO 'CATCH' ALL THE CHILD ABUSERS(AN VINDICATION FOR MYSELF) AND ALSO, TO ....GET RID OF ALL THE DRUGS IN LAKE COUNTY, YES, I DID MAKE MY....BRAGS TOO, BUT, THEN, I DID NOT GET TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE, NOR GET TO GO TO POLICE ACADEMY AT TULLAHOMA. (I DID NOT RESEARCH ...AGE LIMITS INTO THE ACADEMY....FIRST, WHEN PLANNING WHAT TO DO ABOUT A CAREER, WHICH I DEEPLY REGRET.) ('IF' I HAD 'GONE' TO ACADEMY, I WOULD NOT HAVE LEFT TIPTONVILLE, MOVED TO TROY, THEN MARTIN; THEN, (SHOCK! SHOCK!) I, (SIGH.) WOULD NOT HAVE MOVED TO UPTOWN MARTIN, AND ....BROKEN THOSE BLESSED LITTLE RIBS OF MINE AT ALL, NOR WOULD I HAVE 'SUFFERED' DIRELY FOR TEN LONG YEARS.) WELL, WE LIVE, AND WE 'LEARN'. AT LEAST GOD DID 'WORK' FOR ME. SO NOW I LIVE IN UC. AND, I CAN 'GO' TO THE "OBION COUNTY FAIR" THIS YEAR, HOORAH! I MOVED TO UC TO...BE CLOSER TO MY MOTHER AT TROY, BECAUSE 'IF', GOD FORBID!, SHE GETS SICK LIKE SHE DID TWO YEARS AGO, I'M THE ONLY ONE IN THE FAMILY WHO CAN ....TAKE CARE OF HER. SHE'S DIABETIC, AND HAS LOST 'SOME' WEIGHT, (WHEN SHE WAS SICK DEC. 2006- I STAYED WITH HER CHRISTMAS MONTH.) SO, NOW I'M HERE. STUCK HERE. UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ....HER. (I HOPE NOT, BUT, SHE ISN'T GETTING, LIKE SHE SAYS WITH A BIG SIGH,"...ANY YOUNGER." (SHE'S 87 NOW.) The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is JIMMY KELLY, because I'VE MISSED HIM..
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