Janet Owens-Heath:  

Life I married in June 2001 to Alan Heath who is a wonderful man. He is a master electrician for St. Vincent Doctor's hospital. Alan received a promotion in August 2004 to maintenance department manager at St. Vincent Doctor's hospital. My husband is a sweet man. I have no children. I met my husband at church. He has 2 grown children-a son and a daughter. We became proud grandparents in April 2004. My stepdaughter had a boy. We became proud grandparents again of a girl January 2006. I am working on many projects right now. I am helping in the preparation for our Annual Greek Food Festival to be put on in May. I am active in my garden club called "Lilly Garden Club". Every year we have a garden tour of which 6 or 7 families volunteer their garden to display to the public. We charge $12.00/ticket in advance and $15.00/at the door. Proceeds go to our local head chapter Little Rock Council of Gardens which pays for the upkeep of Hillcrest Hall formerly known as Little Rock Garden Center located on Kavanaugh where the meetings are held. Other events take place there as well such as weddings, receptions of different kinds, etc. Flower beds have to be kept up, etc. Also taking acting classes and accent modification therapy to be able to turn my southern accent off. My goal is to do some professional voice-over work locally part-time and other acting that may come my way. This is another career in addition to my existing career as a programmer/analyst. And then a big project I am working on is looking for my birthmother. Yes, I am adopted. I was raised the youngest of 3 and the only one adopted. With both my adopted parents gone and a curiosity that has always been there, I have finally, after realizing that the internet makes it a little easier to search and find, decided to search for my birthmother. Things have come to fruition. My birthmother has been found. She is not ready to meet me yet. She has a lot to deal with and process. Hopefully she will one of these days. She has two wonderful sons with whom I am getting to know. I have recently made contact my birthmother's brothers. They are very nice and have accepted me with open arms. I have a host of cousins as well. I am going to Colorado for a family reunion to meet all of them. My birthfather has been found deceased. So far I am getting to know his oldest 3 children who are older than me. The search is continuing to find 3 more sibs by my my birthfather and 3rd(still looking) and 4th wives(found). Found a cousin on classmates.com. It has been great as he is really nice and has been so gracious to provide me with pictures and info on his Uncle, his dad and others. I have become heavily involved in my church which is the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. I decided to make this my home church after attending a little over a year. I have a sister in my adopted family who has attended 14 years and she has been a great influence in my life. Her husband is John Hawkins(VP/Treasurer) who took early retirement from Dillards a little over a year ago. Of course we are not Greek but they allow converts as there are many. There are many cultures, about 14, in this church which makes it so interesting and unique. I work at the Greek food festival every year helping to mann the drive-thru booth and perform greek dances periodically throughout the 3 day event(retired from dancing). We put on the festival the weekend(3rd) before the weekend of Riverfest. So if you get a chance come join the fun. Starting in March or April we will be advertising so keep your eyes and ears open. When we get to heaven it will be ...Expand for more